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[ECE] Configure operating system instructions for Ubuntu with ECE 4.0 #1630

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# Configure an Ubuntu host [ece-configure-hosts-ubuntu]

The following instructions show you how to prepare your hosts on 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).
The following instructions show you how to prepare your hosts on 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).

* [Install Docker 24.0](#ece-install-docker-ubuntu)
* [Install Docker 27.0](#ece-install-docker-ubuntu)
* [Set up XFS quotas](#ece-xfs-setup-ubuntu)
* [Update the configurations settings](#ece-update-config-ubuntu)
* [Configure the Docker daemon options](#ece-configure-docker-daemon-ubuntu)
* [Configure the Docker daemon options](#ece-configure-docker-daemon-ubuntu)

::::{note}
Please make sure to run the following steps with a user configured according to [Users and permissions](ece-users-permissions.md)
The following steps assume that you use the same user that is used to install ECE later on.
::::

## Install Docker [ece-install-docker-ubuntu]

Install Docker LTS version 24.0 for Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04.
Install Docker version 27.0 for Ubuntu 24.04.

::::{important}
Make sure to use a combination of Linux distribution and Docker version that is supported, following our official [Support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#elastic-cloud-enterprise). Using unsupported combinations can cause multiple issues with you ECE environment, such as failures to create system deployments, to upgrade workload deployments, proxy timeouts, and more.
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$(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
```

4. Install the correct version of the `docker-ce` package, for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):
4. Install the correct version of the `docker-ce` package, for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):

```sh
sudo apt install -y docker-ce=5:24.0.* docker-ce-cli=5:24.0.* containerd.io
sudo apt install -y docker-ce=5:27.0.* docker-ce-cli=5:27.0.* containerd.io
```


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