Is Overlay2 the default storage driver on CentOS 7.5?

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Is Overlay2 the default storage driver on CentOS 7.5?

Post by brook » 2018/08/03 13:12:13

Or is it installed by default and available for tools like Docker to use?

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Re: Is Overlay2 the default storage driver on CentOS 7.5?

Post by brook » 2018/08/06 17:05:50

Looks like it's not even on CentOS 7.5 as the kernel is only 3.10, whereas overlay2 is part of 3.18+

Is this right? :/

I may have confused it with overlayFS: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=63629&p=268391&hil ... ay#p267880

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Re: Is Overlay2 the default storage driver on CentOS 7.5?

Post by TrevorH » 2018/08/06 17:10:10

The CentOS kernel may say it's 3.10 but it contains many many backports from more recent kernels. Don't judge based on version number alone. Please see https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting/ for information on backporting of security fixes and features in CentOS and RHEL
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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Re: Is Overlay2 the default storage driver on CentOS 7.5?

Post by brook » 2018/08/06 22:09:55

Ah cool, thanks!

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