Documentación offline Docker main
/ ó ⌘K
por @raupulus

Install Docker Desktop on RHEL

main Documentación oficial Licencia Apache-2.0Descargado el 2026-09-15 Bundle .md (6.1 MB) ↓

En esta página

Docker Desktop terms

Commercial use of Docker Desktop in larger enterprises (more than 250 employees or more than $10 million USD in annual revenue) requires a paid subscription.

This page contains information on how to install, launch and upgrade Docker Desktop on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution.

Prerequisites#

To install Docker Desktop successfully, you must:

{{< tabs group="os_version" >}} {{< tab name="RHEL 10" >}} console $ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-10-$(arch)-rpms $ sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10.noarch.rpm $ sudo dnf install pass

{{< /tab >}} {{< tab name="RHEL 9" >}} console $ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-$(arch)-rpms $ sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm $ sudo dnf install pass

{{< /tab >}} {{< /tabs >}}

  • For a GNOME desktop environment you must install AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem GNOME extensions. You must also enable EPEL.

{{< tabs group="os_version" >}} {{< tab name="RHEL 10" >}} console $ # enable EPEL as described above $ sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator $ sudo gnome-extensions enable appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com

{{< /tab >}} {{< tab name="RHEL 9" >}} console $ # enable EPEL as described above $ sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator $ sudo gnome-extensions enable appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com

{{< /tab >}} {{< /tabs >}}

  • If you're not using GNOME, you must install gnome-terminal to enable terminal access from Docker Desktop:

console $ sudo dnf install gnome-terminal

Install Docker Desktop#

To install Docker Desktop on RHEL:

  1. Set up Docker's package repository as follows:

console $ sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo {{% param "download-url-base" %}}/docker-ce.repo

  1. Download the latest RPM package.

  2. Install the package with dnf as follows:

console $ sudo dnf install ./docker-desktop-x86_64-rhel.rpm

The RPM package includes a post-install script that completes additional setup steps automatically.

The post-install script:

  • Sets the capability on the Docker Desktop binary to map privileged ports and set resource limits.
  • Adds a DNS name for Kubernetes to /etc/hosts.
  • Creates a symlink from /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli to /usr/bin/docker. This is because the classic Docker CLI is installed at /usr/bin/docker. The Docker Desktop installer also installs a Docker CLI binary that includes cloud-integration capabilities and is essentially a wrapper for the Compose CLI, at /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli. The symlink ensures that the wrapper can access the classic Docker CLI.
  • Creates a symlink from /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm to /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64.

Launch Docker Desktop#

{{% include "desktop-linux-launch.md" %}}

[!TIP]

To attach Red Hat subscription data to containers, see Red Hat verified solution.

For example: console $ docker run --rm -it -v "/etc/pki/entitlement:/etc/pki/entitlement" -v "/etc/rhsm:/etc/rhsm-host" -v "/etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo:/etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo" registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9

Upgrade Docker Desktop#

Once a new version for Docker Desktop is released, the Docker UI shows a notification. You need to first remove the previous version and then download the new package each time you want to upgrade Docker Desktop. Run:

$ sudo dnf remove docker-desktop
$ sudo dnf install ./docker-desktop-<arch>-rhel.rpm

Next steps#