This guide will help you install Docker and Docker Compose plugin on AlmaLinux.

1. Remove podman as this package conflicts with Docker.

dnf remove podman

2. Install the yum-utils package.

dnf install yum-utils

3. Install the Docker CE repo using yum-config-manager

yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo

4. Install Docker CE, Docker Compose Plugin, and containerd

dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin

5. Enable the Docker service

systemctl enable --now docker

6. You can now run Docker containers.

If you receive a notice such as this:

Error response from daemon: Failed to Setup IP tables: Unable to enable SKIP DNAT rule:  (iptables failed: iptables --wait -t nat -I DOCKER -i br-0ad49f7e2d27 -j RETURN: iptables: No chain/target/match by that name.

You might need to disable SELinux (setenforce 0 and edit /etc/selinux/config and set to disabled) and then restart the Docker service (systemctl restart docker)