# Can't install Docker on Linode, aufs-tools not found

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-install-docker-on-linode-aufs-tools-not-found/18416
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [8월 3, 2014, 12:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-install-docker-on-linode-aufs-tools-not-found/18416 "2014-08-03T12:07:51Z")
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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [2월 21, 2016, 10:48오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-install-docker-on-linode-aufs-tools-not-found/18416/16 "2016-02-21T10:48:33Z")

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I’ve just installed AUFS and Discourse on a [Linode VPS](http://www.linode.com/?r=446aa598af9b6d76eff69264105b5245ffc80f7b) and have put together a guide:

> [@Install Docker with AUFS on Linode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-docker-with-aufs-on-linode/39831):
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> The [30-minute Discourse installation guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) assumes you’ll be using Digital Ocean and makes no mention of an important requirement for Docker: If you use another hosting provider, you should really make sure that a Linux kernel feature called “[AUFS](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/aufs-driver/)” is supported. Docker not using AUFS can cause [terrible pain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-install-discourse-with-only-10-gb-disk-run-out-of-space/29149/37). If you want to use Linode, here’s how to enable AUFS support in Ubuntu (for other OSes, refer to [Linode’s guide](https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/custom-kernels-distros/run-a-distribution-supplied-kernel-with-kvm) and update the instructions below accordingly: Create the Linode and pic…

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