STINGAR System - RHEL/Centos Installation

This page describes how to install software that STINGAR needs to run on a RHEL/Centos server.

Install Docker & Python

Log onto the Centos server as the STINGAR administrative user (has root privs); then install & launch the software required to setup & run STINGAR.

% sudo yum update
% yum install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
% systemctl daemon-reload
% systemctl enable docker
% systemctl start docker

Setup Docker Group

A system group named 'dockerroot' must include the STINGAR admin user (ie. the user you're currently logged in as). Create a group named 'dockerroot' and add the current user.

sudo groupadd dockerroot
sudo usermod -aG dockerroot ${USER}

Note: Use the actual string: ${USER}. This automatically converts to the name of the user who runs the command.

IMPORTANT: Before proceeding, you must logout & back in.

Podman

If you prefer to use Podman / podman-compose instead of Docker on your RHEL host please visit