1) Launch EC2 instance , the one with docker support on it 2) Then follow simple below 4 instructions Update yum for any package The install docker then start the docker service register the ec2-user in docker sudo group to execute commands without sudo permission a) sudo yum update -y b) sudo yum install -y docker c) sudo service docker start d) sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user you can verify the docker installation by running some sample docker commands like docker image ls docker ps reboot the system to take an effect of sudo group