For more information about this image and its history, please see the relevant
manifest file
(library/centos)
in the docker-library/official-images GitHub
repo.
CentOS (abbreviated from Community Enterprise Operating System) is a Linux distribution that attempts to provide a free, enterprise-class, community-supported computing platform which aims to be 100% binary compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). In January 2014, it was announced that CentOS was officially joining forces with Red Hat while staying independent from RHEL, under a new CentOS Governing Board.
This is the official CentOS image, and will be updated on a regular schedule or as needed for emergency fixes.
The centos:latest tag will always point to the most recent version currently
available, and centos:centos6 will point to the latest version of the CentOS 6 tree.
If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact us by submitting a ticket at https://bugs.centos.org or through a GitHub issue.
You can also reach many of the official image maintainers via the
#docker-library IRC channel on Freenode.
You are invited to contribute new features, fixes, or updates, large or small; we are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to process them as fast as we can.
Before you start to code, we recommend discussing your plans by submitting a ticket at https://bugs.centos.org or through a GitHub issue, especially for more ambitious contributions. This gives other contributors a chance to point you in the right direction, give you feedback on your design, and help you find out if someone else is working on the same thing.