[SOLVED] Install docker compose v2 on aws linux 2

Issue

I have docker installed on my r5.2xlarge running aws linux 2. I'm trying to install docker compose v2 to no avail.

Following the docker linux href="https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/linux/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">instructions:

Set up the respository

What distro do I select for this? I tried using CentOS, but the sudo yum install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin step failed for me with

Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'docker-ce-stable':
  - Status code: 404 for https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/2023.2.20230920/x86_64/stable/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 3.163.24.55)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'docker-ce-stable': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
Ignoring repositories: docker-ce-stable
Last metadata expiration check: 2:45:33 ago on Sun Oct  1 22:27:32 2023.
No match for argument: docker-ce
No match for argument: docker-ce-cli
No match for argument: containerd.io
No match for argument: docker-buildx-plugin
No match for argument: docker-compose-plugin
Error: Unable to find a match: docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

If I install through yum normally and then continue with sudo yum install docker-compose-plugin, I get

Last metadata expiration check: 2:53:00 ago on Sun Oct  1 22:27:32 2023.
No match for argument: docker-compose-plugin
Error: Unable to find a match: docker-compose-plugin

Solution

Following the instruction in the "Install plugin manually" section worked for me. Before I was installing to the ec2-user user and testing via sudo docker compose version - I had to follow the instructions for installing to all users.

Answered By - Simon Berens

Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (WPSolving Admin)