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Is there any functionality difference in Docker when it runs on bare metal (with some form of hypervisor) as against when it runs on full fledged Linux distribution?

Usman Ismail
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    possible duplicate of [Docker on bare metal?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20088835/docker-on-bare-metal) – Bryan Dec 12 '14 at 09:37

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Docker requires a Linux distribution to run on. From the docs:

To run properly, docker needs the following software to be installed at runtime:

  • iptables version 1.4 or later
  • Git version 1.7 or later
  • procps (or similar provider of a "ps" executable)
  • XZ Utils 4.9 or later
  • a properly mounted cgroupfs hierarchy (having a single, all-encompassing "cgroup" mount point is not sufficient)

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In general, a 3.8 Linux kernel is the minimum requirement for Docker

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  • If you want to put together such a system, I'd look at [boot2docker](http://boot2docker.io/). They've put together more-or-less what you're looking for: a tiny Linux VM capable of running Docker images. You could duplicate that on bare metal. – Kryten Dec 12 '14 at 16:44