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2323OverlayFS is supported if you meet the following prerequisites:
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25- - ** Docker CE only** . OverlayFS is not supported on Docker EE. See
26- [ Product compatibility matrix] ( https://success.docker.com/Policies/Compatibility_Matrix ) {: target="_ blank" class="_ "}
27- for a list of supported storage drivers for each Docker EE platform.
25+ - The ` overlay2 ` driver is supported for Docker EE and recommended
26+ for Docker CE.
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28+ - The ` overlay ` driver is allowed but not recommended for Docker CE.
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2930- Version 4.0 or higher of the Linux kernel. If you use an older kernel, you
3031 will need to use the ` overlay ` driver, which is not recommended.
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4445## Configure Docker with the ` overlay ` or ` overlay2 ` storage driver
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47+ It is highly recommended that you use the ` overlay2 ` driver if possible, rather
48+ than the ` overlay ` driver. The ` overlay ` driver is ** not** supported for
49+ Docker EE.
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4651To configure Docker to use the ` overlay ` storage driver your Docker host must be
4752running version 3.18 of the Linux kernel (preferably newer) with the overlay
4853kernel module loaded. For the ` overlay2 ` driver, the version of your kernel must
49- be 4.0 or newer. It is highly recommended that you use ` overlay2 ` if possible.
54+ be 4.0 or newer.
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5156Before following this procedure, you must first meet all the
5257[ prerequisites] ( #prerequisites ) .
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