Under the newer Docker Engine 18.09 release, a new feature called CE-EE Node Activate has been introduced. It allows a user to perform an in-place seamless activation of the Enterprise engine feature set on an existing Community Edition (CE) node through the Docker command line.CE-EE Node Activate applies a license, and switch the Docker engine to the Enterprise engine binary.
Pre-requisite:
- Docker Community Edition (CE) version must be 18.09 or higher.
- All of the Docker packages must be installed: docker-cli, docker-server, and containerd.
- Node-level Engine activation between CE and EE is only supported in the same version of Docker Enterprise Engine for Docker
Tested Infrastructure
| Platform | Number of Instance | Reading Time |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud Platform | 1 | 5 min |
Pre-requisite
- Create an account with Google Cloud Engine (Free Tier)
- Pick up Ubuntu 18.10 as OS instance
Installing Docker Community Editon 18.09
Verifying Ubuntu 18.10 release
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.10"
VERSION_ID="18.10"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=cosmic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=cosmic
Installing Docker 18.09 Release
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic test"
sudo apt install docker-ce
~$ sudo docker version
Client:
Version: 18.09.0
API version: 1.39
Go version: go1.10.4
Git commit: 4d60db4
Built: Wed Nov 7 00:49:01 2018
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 18.09.0
API version: 1.39 (minimum version 1.12)
Go version: go1.10.4
Git commit: 4d60db4
Built: Wed Nov 7 00:16:44 2018
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
Running Nginx Docker container
$ sudo docker run -d -p 80:80 nginx
Unable to find image 'nginx:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/nginx
a5a6f2f73cd8: Pull complete
67da5fbcb7a0: Pull complete
e82455fa5628: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:31b8e90a349d1fce7621f5a5a08e4fc519b634f7d3feb09d53fac9b12aa4d991
Status: Downloaded newer image for nginx:latest
ba4a5822d7c991c04418b2fbbcadb86057eef4d98ba3f930bff569ac8058468e
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
ba4a5822d7c9 nginx "nginx -g 'daemon of…" 5 seconds ago Up 3 seconds 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp peaceful_swanson
Verifying Nginx Docker container Up and Running
~$ sudo curl localhost:80
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to nginx!</title>
<style>
body {
width: 35em;
margin: 0 auto;
font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to nginx!</h1>
<p>If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and
working. Further configuration is required.</p>
<p>For online documentation and support please refer to
<a href="http://nginx.org/">nginx.org</a>.<br/>
Commercial support is available at
<a href="http://nginx.com/">nginx.com</a>.</p>
<p><em>Thank you for using nginx.</em></p>
</body>
</html>
Connect your system to DockerHub Account
$sudo docker login
Login with your Docker ID to push and pull images from Docker Hub. If you don't have a Docker ID, head over to https://hub.docker.com to create one.
Username: ajeetraina
Password:
WARNING! Your password will be stored unencrypted in /home/joginderkour1950/.docker/config.json.
Configure a credential helper to remove this warning. See
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/#credentials-store
Login Succeeded
Downloading Your Docker Enterprise License
- Go to https://store.docker.com/my-content site.
- Login with your Docker ID.
- Under your profile page, click on “My Content”
- Click on “Setup” to get your Docker Enterprise License
- Download your Docker Enterprise License in your system
- Copy the content of .lic file
- Create a file called mylicense.lic on your Ubuntu sytem and save it in some location.
Activate the EE license. You must use sudo even if your user is part of the docker group.
$ sudo docker engine activate --license mylicense.lic
License: Quantity: 10 Nodes Expiration date: 2018-12-10 License is currently active
18.09.0: resolved
267a9a121ee1: done
4365cd59d876: done [==================================================>] 1.161kB/1.161kB
7ec4ee35c404: done [==================================================>] 4.55MB/4.55MB
3c60d2c9ddf3: done [==================================================>] 25.71MB/25.71MB
55fa4079a8ab: done [==================================================>] 1.122MB/1.122MB
c5a93cbd4679: done [==================================================>] 333.9kB/333.9kB
e661b0f8ba29: done [==================================================>] 4.82kB/4.82kB
Successfully activated engine.
Restart docker with 'systemctl restart docker' to complete the activation.
Restarting the Docker service
$ sudo systemctl restart docker
Verifying Docker Enterprise Version
$ sudo docker version
Client:
Version: 18.09.0
API version: 1.39
Go version: go1.10.4
Git commit: 4d60db4
Built: Wed Nov 7 00:49:01 2018
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
Server: Docker Engine - Enterprise
Engine:
Version: 18.09.0
API version: 1.39 (minimum version 1.12)
Go version: go1.10.4
Git commit: 33a45cd
Built: Wed Nov 7 00:17:07 2018
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
Verifying if Nginx container is still running
$ sudo docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
ba4a5822d7c9 nginx "nginx -g 'daemon of…" 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp peaceful_swanson
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