Docker requires Docker to be installed on the 64-bit version of Ubuntu and to ensure that the minimum version of the Ubuntu kernel is no less than 3.10.
View system-related information
You can use commands Uname-a, uname-r, lsb_release-a to view:
$ uname-a
Linux Zabbix 3.2.0-29-generic #140-ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 02:23:59 UTC x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnu/linux
$ uname-r
Linux Zabbix 3.2.0-29-generic
$ lsb_release-a
[Email protected]:~# lsb_release-a
No LSB modules is available.
Distributor Id:ubuntu
Description:ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
release:12.04
Codename:precise
Can see the current system is Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS x86_64 Linux Zabbix 3.2.0-29-generic
To upgrade the kernel steps, the Linux system kernel is upgraded from 3.2.0-100-generic to version 3.13:
Upgrade Package Manager
$ sudo apt-get update
Install upgrade kernel 3.13 required and optional dependency packages
$ sudo apt-get install Linux-generic-lts-trusty
Rebooting the system
$ sudo reboot
Linux system kernel upgraded from 3.2.0-100-generic to version 3.13