Prerequisites

AWS EC2 running Amazon Linux 2

Install Docker CE

sudo amazon-linux-extras install docker

Start Docker service

sudo service docker start

Run Docker without Root

sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user

Enable Docker auto start

sudo chkconfig docker on

Reboot EC2

sudo reboot

Install Docker Compose

Download the current stable release of Docker Compose

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Apply executable permissions to the binary

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Verify it’s installed

docker-compose version