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title: About Docker Enterprise
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description: Docker Enterprise product information
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keywords: Docker Enterprise, enterprise, enterprise edition, ee, docker ee, docker enterprise edition, lts, commercial, cs engine, commercially supported
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redirect_from:
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- /enterprise/supported-platforms/
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- /cs-engine/
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- /cs-engine/1.12/
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- /cs-engine/1.12/upgrade/
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- /cs-engine/1.13/
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- /cs-engine/1.13/upgrade/
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green-check: '{: style="height: 14px; margin:auto;"}'
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install-prefix-ee: '/install/linux/docker-ee'
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---
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Docker Enterprise is designed for enterprise development as well as IT teams who build, share, and run business-critical
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applications at scale in production. Docker Enterprise is an integrated container platform that includes
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Docker Desktop Enterprise, a secure image registry, advanced management control plane, and Docker Engine - Enterprise.
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Docker Engine - Enterprise is a certified and supported container runtime that is also available as a standalone
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solution to provide enterprises with the most secure container engine in the industry. For more information
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about Docker Enterprise and Docker Engine - Enterprise, including purchasing options,
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see [Docker Enterprise](https://www.docker.com/enterprise-edition/).
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> Compatibility Matrix
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>
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> Refer to the [Compatibility Matrix](https://success.docker.com/article/compatibility-matrix)
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> for the latest list of supported platforms.
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{: .important}
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## Docker Enterprise products
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{% include docker_ee.md %}
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> Note
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>
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> Starting with Docker Enterprise 2.1, Docker Enterprise - Basic is now Docker Engine - Enterprise,
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> and both Docker Enterprise - Standard and Docker Enterprise - Advanced are now called Docker Enterprise.
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### Docker Enterprise
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With Docker Enterprise, you can manage container workloads on Windows, Linux, on site, or on the cloud
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in a flexible way.
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Docker Enterprise has private image management, integrated image signing policies, and cluster
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management with support for Kubernetes and Swarm orchestrators. It allows you to implement
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node-based RBAC policies, image promotion policies, image mirroring, and
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scan your images for vulnerabilities. It also has support with defined SLAs and extended
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maintenance cycles for patches for up to 24 months.
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### New licensing for Docker Enterprise
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Starting in version 18.09, Docker Enterprise is aware of the license applied on
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the system. The license summary is available in the `docker info` output on
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standalone or manager nodes.
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For Docker Enterprise customers, when you license Universal Control Plane
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(UCP), this same license is applied to the underlying engines in the cluster.
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Docker recommends that Enterprise customers use UCP to manage their license.
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Standalone Docker Engine - Enterprise users can license engines using `docker engine activate`.
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Offline activation of standalone enterprise engines can be performed by downloading the license and using the command `docker engine activate --license filename.lic`.
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Additionally, Docker is now distributing the CLI as a separate installation package. This gives Docker Enterprise users the ability to install as many CLI packages as needed without using the Engine node licenses for client-only systems.
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[Learn more about Docker Enterprise](/ee/index.md).
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> When using Docker Enterprise
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> Microsoft Windows Server is not supported as a manager. Microsoft Windows
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> Server 1803 is not supported as a worker.
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### Docker Certified Infrastructure
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Docker Certified Infrastructure is Docker’s prescriptive approach to deploying Docker Enterprise
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on a variety of infrastructures. Each Docker Certified Infrastructure option includes a reference architecture,
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a CLI plugin for automated deployment and configuration, and third-party ecosystem solution briefs.
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| Platform | Docker Enterprise support |
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:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-------------------------:|
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| [Amazon Web Services](..\cluster\aws.md) | {{ page.green-check }} |
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| [Azure](..\cluster\azure.md) | {{ page.green-check }} |
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| VMware | coming soon |
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## Docker Enterprise release cycles
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Each Docker Enterprise release is supported and maintained for 24 months, and
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receives security and critical bug fixes during this period.
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The Docker API version is independent of the Docker version. We maintain
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careful API backward compatibility and deprecate APIs and features slowly and
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conservatively. We remove features after deprecating them for a period of
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three stable releases. Docker 1.13 introduced improved interoperability
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between clients and servers using different API versions, including dynamic
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feature negotiation.
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## Upgrades and support
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Docker supports Docker Enterprise minor releases for 24 months. Upgrades to the
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latest minor release of Docker Enterprise are not required, however we
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recommend staying on the latest maintenance release of the supported minor
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release you are on. Please see [Maintenance
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Lifecycle](https://success.docker.com/article/maintenance-lifecycle) for more
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details on EOL of minor and major versions of Docker Enterprise.
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## Where to go next
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- [Install Docker Engine - Enterprise for RHEL](/install/linux/docker-ee/rhel/)
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- [Install Docker Engine - Enterprise for Ubuntu](/install/linux/docker-ee/ubuntu/)
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- [Install Docker Engine - Enterprise for Windows Server](/install/windows/docker-ee/)
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