Installation on Debian (Engine)

Debian

Docker is supported on the following versions of Debian:

• Debian testing stretch (64-bit)
• Debian 8.0 Jessie (64-bit)
• Debian 7.7 Wheezy (64-bit) (backports required)

Note: If you previously installed Docker using APT, make sure you update your APT sources to the new APT repository.

Prerequisites

Docker requires a 64-bit installation regardless of your Debian version. Additionally, your kernel must be 3.10 at minimum. The latest 3.10 minor version or a newer maintained version are also acceptable.

Kernels older than 3.10 lack some of the features required to run Docker containers. These older versions are known to have bugs which cau