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How to Install Docker and Docker Compose Offline

Docker​

Download Docker Package​

Download from Docker official website, recommended version 20.10.24

Extract and Copy​

# docker-20.10.24.tgz is the actual location of the downloaded file
tar -zxvf docker-20.10.24.tgz -C /tmp
cp /tmp/docker/* /usr/bin/

Register Docker Service​

vim /etc/systemd/system/docker.service

[Unit]
Description=Docker Application Container Engine
Documentation=https://docs.docker.com
After=network-online.target firewalld.service
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd --selinux-enabled=false --insecure-registry=127.0.0.1
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
LimitNOFILE=infinity
LimitNPROC=infinity
LimitCORE=infinity
TimeoutStartSec=0
Delegate=yes
KillMode=process
Restart=on-failure
StartLimitBurst=3
StartLimitInterval=60s
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start​

chmod 777 /etc/systemd/system/docker.service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable docker
systemctl start docker

Verify​

systemctl status docker
docker -v
docker info

Docker Compose​

Download​

Download from GitHub release, recommended version: v2.39.3

Install​

# docker-compose-linux-x86_64 is the actual location of the downloaded file
sudo mv docker-compose-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose
cp -a /usr/local/bin/docker-compose  ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose # Add to docker subcommands

Verify​

docker-compose 
docker compose