Installing docker-compose on Amazon EC2 Linux 2. 9kb docker-compose file

Question

First of all, let me state I'm not the most virtuous of Linux users, so bare with me... Below is a brief run-down of all the steps I took. Ultimately the question/issue is is that it seems impossible for me to get a proper docker-compose installation downloaded.

1. Followed instructions to install docker https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/docker-basics.html
2. sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.26.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Tried 4 variations of the above command to try to install docker-compose. As shown in the URLs below.

1. https://www.codegrepper.com/code-examples/php/how+to+install+docker+compose+in+ec2
2. https://portal.cloud303.io/forum/aws-1/question/i-want-to-install-docker-compose-on-an-amazon-linux-2-ec2-instance-9
3. https://acloudxpert.com/how-to-install-docker-compose-on-amazon
4. https://gist.github.com/npearce/6f3c7826c7499587f00957fee62f8ee9 When typing "docker-compose", "sudo docker-compose" etc. All it will say is

"Line 1: Not: command not found".

It seems to be the issue that the docker-compose file is only 9kb in size. Because this is what I get back every time I use the above mentioned docker-compose install sequences.

% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100     9  100     9    0     0     58      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--    58

This issue is sort of addressed here: https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/6268

Where it is said that the OS is not supported or that we're running a 32bit instance, but of which seem to be strange because all the above tutorials are specifically for AWS EC2 Linux 2.

fwiw 'uname -m' returns aarch64.

So, does anyone have an idea of how to get a full-sized version of docker-compose instead of the 9kb file?

Thanks!

Answer 1

followed the link to install the docker-compose link

Basically, thee are only two steps as below:

sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

docker-compose version

Answer 2

I tried everything here mentioned, in the end, it was a problem with the symlink. The official docker page gave me the solution.

1. sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

If it doesn't work after that command, check if you can find docker in your bin folder, e.g. with: ls /usr/local/bin/

If you can see docker-compose there, you almost made it.

2. sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose

An easy way to check if docker-compose is there and Linux able to find it, is to use `which docker-compose, also if it is linked correctly, you will get the path to docker-compose as a response.

This worked for me on a AWS EC2 instance with Linux2 as OS.