| :title: Installation on Arch Linux |
| :description: Docker installation on Arch Linux. |
| :keywords: arch linux, virtualization, docker, documentation, installation |
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| .. _arch_linux: |
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| Arch Linux |
| ========== |
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| Installing on Arch Linux is not officially supported but can be handled via |
| either of the following AUR packages: |
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| * `lxc-docker <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lxc-docker/>`_ |
| * `lxc-docker-git <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lxc-docker-git/>`_ |
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| The lxc-docker package will install the latest tagged version of docker. |
| The lxc-docker-git package will build from the current master branch. |
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| Dependencies |
| ------------ |
| |
| Docker depends on several packages which are specified as dependencies in |
| either AUR package. |
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| * aufs3 |
| * bridge-utils |
| * go |
| * iproute2 |
| * linux-aufs_friendly |
| * lxc |
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| Installation |
| ------------ |
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| .. include:: install_header.inc |
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| .. include:: install_unofficial.inc |
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| The instructions here assume **yaourt** is installed. See |
| `Arch User Repository <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages>`_ |
| for information on building and installing packages from the AUR if you have not |
| done so before. |
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| Keep in mind that if **linux-aufs_friendly** is not already installed that a |
| new kernel will be compiled and this can take quite a while. |
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| :: |
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| yaourt -S lxc-docker-git |
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| Starting Docker |
| --------------- |
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| Prior to starting docker modify your bootloader to use the |
| **linux-aufs_friendly** kernel and reboot your system. |
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| There is a systemd service unit created for docker. To start the docker service: |
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| :: |
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| sudo systemctl start docker |
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| To start on system boot: |
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| :: |
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| sudo systemctl enable docker |
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| Network Configuration |
| --------------------- |
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| IPv4 packet forwarding is disabled by default on Arch, so internet access from inside |
| the container may not work. |
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| To enable the forwarding, run as root on the host system: |
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| :: |
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| sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 |
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| And, to make it persistent across reboots, enable it on the host's **/etc/sysctl.conf**: |
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| :: |
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| net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 |