How to update the Docker Engine on Photon ?

[FlyingTom]

Hello,

What is the procedure to update the Docker Engine on a Photon machine?

Because the latest version is 1.12.5 and the one on Photon is 1.12.1.

Thanks

[YustasSwamp]

We currently have 1.12.1 version.
https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/dev/SPECS/docker/docker.spec

Next update will be to 1.13 version, probably.

[hreidar]

Any idea when we will see 1.13?

[FlyingTom]

Could you please also share the procedure to update the Docker engine without having to rebuild the entire Photon image.

Thanks

[munishpalmakhija]

I just upgraded docker on photon OS from 1.11 to 1.12.1 using following 3 commands

tdnf upgrade docker
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart docker

[FlyingTom]

good to know, waiting the support for the version 1.13 ... :)

[thomsonac]

Any estimated date for 1.13 (presumably 1.13.1)?

[thomsonac]

I was successfully able to swap out the binaries to upgrade to 1.13.1 but naturally tdnf didn't realize the change and I'd really prefer to avoid the manual step for new deployments. Any estimated date for adding 1.13.1 to the repos?

[aguiraf]

...waiting the support for newer docker version

[bt]

👍 Can we please get 1.13.1 to the repos ASAP?

I'm trying to use docker-compose version 3 and it's not working because it requires at least > 1.13.0.

[darrenparkinson]

Any update on this -- I'm trying to use the splunk-format option which doesn't seem to be available until 1.13. Thanks.

[ppadmavilasom]

There are some build process changes and an upcoming release causing delays. Will follow up and provide an update today

[ppadmavilasom]

Please use docker image from https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.13 I dont have an ETA on when this will be in photon repos at the moment.

[darrenparkinson]

Thanks for the update.

[bt]

@ppadmavilasom Thanks for the update. I believe the link should be https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.13.0.

Can you confirm that we can just download the image from there and do a drop-in replacement? It won't affect the stability of the Photon image (ie. no dependencies, etc.)?

I'm running this in production so that's why I'm confirming.

[casualjim]

I've been running this 17.03 series on a photon vm for a while
https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v17.03.1-ce

I install with this

curl -L'#' https://get.docker.com/builds/Linux/x86_64/docker-17.03.1-ce.tgz | tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/bin -xzf - 

[munishpalmakhija]

This would require to un-install existing docker on photonos , What steps did you follow for that ?

[ppadmavilasom]

tdnf erase docker

[casualjim]

I just copy the binaries over the previous ones and restart docker. Everything is statically linked so it's got no dependencies anywhere else on the system.

to do it cleanly

tdnf erase -y docker
tdnf install -y tar gzip

curl -L'#' https://get.docker.com/builds/Linux/x86_64/docker-17.03.1-ce.tgz | tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/bin -xzf - 

groupadd -r docker

echo '[Unit]
Description=Docker Application Container Engine
Documentation=https://docs.docker.com
After=network.target docker.socket
Requires=docker.socket

[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// -s overlay2 
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
LimitNOFILE=infinity
LimitNPROC=infinity
LimitCORE=infinity
TasksMax=infinity
TimeoutStartSec=0
Delegate=yes
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
' > /etc/systemd/system/docker.service

echo '[Unit]
Description=Docker Socket for the API
PartOf=docker.service

[Socket]
ListenStream=/var/run/docker.sock
SocketMode=0660
SocketUser=root
SocketGroup=docker

[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target
' > /etc/systemd/system/docker.socket

systemctl enable docker
systemctl start docker

[steve-gray]

You forgot one line up front, if you're using the stock image: tdnf install tar

[ppadmavilasom]

photon is building docker from sources from 2.0 onwards and will be updating on a regular basis as and when upstream updates are available.

[fojminc]

Now I'm just updating my Photon 1.0 to 2.0. I have found that the docker version is:
Docker version 17.06.0-ce, build 02c1d87
Current official released version is 17.12.
What are your plans? I have to decide to go with manual installation or we will get the latest image in the photon repo.

[jghartin2008]

I too want to know if we are updating via repo as well. We have Photon OS servers with Auto Deploy Proxy Cache containers on each of our sites. We would like to consistently pull updates from repo and not have to worry about manual installs.

[ppadmavilasom]

Photon's intent is to update docker when new versions are available. However, the ETA will be affected by other ongoing work. CVEs if any will be addressed with priority. You can send a PR and photon will be glad to add it if urgent.

[jnovack]

photon is building docker from sources from 2.0 onwards and will be updating on a regular basis as and when upstream updates are available.

@ppadmavilasom There have been 3 release versions of Docker pushed upstream since 17.06 was added to the OS.

Is it likely we will see an update soon?