diff --git a/installers/install_docker_ce.sh b/installers/install_docker_ce.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9d6387f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installers/install_docker_ce.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set +eux
+
+function install_docker_ce() {
+    # installs and configures Docker CE
+    [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
+    echo "Installing Docker CE ..."
+    sudo apt-get -qq update
+    sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common
+    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo APT_KEY_DONT_WARN_ON_DANGEROUS_USAGE=1 apt-key add -
+    sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
+    sudo apt-get -qq update
+    sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
+#    echo "Reconfiguring Docker to use systemd as cgroup driver"
+#    if [ ! -f /etc/docker/daemon.json ]; then
+#        sudo bash -c "cat <<EOF > /etc/docker/daemon.json
+#{
+#  \"exec-opts\": [\"native.cgroupdriver=systemd\"],
+#  \"log-driver\": \"json-file\",
+#  \"log-opts\": {
+#    \"max-size\": \"100m\"
+#  },
+#  \"storage-driver\": \"overlay2\"
+#}
+#EOF"
+#    else
+#        sudo sed -i "s|native.cgroupdriver=cgroupfs|native.cgroupdriver=systemd|" /etc/docker/daemon.json
+#    fi
+    echo "Adding user to group 'docker'"
+    sudo groupadd -f docker
+    sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
+    sleep 2
+    #sudo systemctl enable docker
+    #sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+    #sudo systemctl restart docker
+    sudo service docker restart
+    echo "... restarted Docker service"
+    if [ -n "${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}" ]; then
+        echo "Configuring docker proxy ..."
+        if [ -f /etc/docker/daemon.json ]; then
+            if grep -q registry-mirrors /etc/docker/daemon.json; then
+                sudo sed -i "s|registry-mirrors.*|registry-mirrors\": [\"${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}\"] |" /etc/docker/daemon.json
+            else
+                sudo sed -i "s|^{|{\n  \"registry-mirrors\": [\"${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}\"],|" /etc/docker/daemon.json
+            fi
+        else
+            sudo bash -c "cat << EOF > /etc/docker/daemon.json
+{
+  \"registry-mirrors\": [\"${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}\"]
+}
+EOF"
+        fi
+        #sudo systemctl enable docker
+        sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+        #sudo systemctl restart docker
+        sudo service docker restart
+        echo "... restarted Docker service again"
+    fi
+    [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || ! echo "File: /etc/docker/daemon.json" || cat /etc/docker/daemon.json
+    sg docker -c "docker version" || FATAL "Docker installation failed"
+    echo "... Docker CE installation done"
+    [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
+    return 0
+}
+
+while getopts ":D:p:-: " o; do
+    case "${o}" in
+        D)
+            OSM_DEVOPS="${OPTARG}"
+            ;;
+        p)
+            DOCKER_PROXY_URL="${OPTARG}"
+            ;;
+        -)
+            [ "${OPTARG}" == "debug" ] && DEBUG_INSTALL="y" && continue
+            echo -e "Invalid option: '--$OPTARG'\n" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        :)
+            echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        \?)
+            echo -e "Invalid option: '-$OPTARG'\n" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        *)
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+source $OSM_DEVOPS/common/logging
+
+echo "DEBUG_INSTALL=$DEBUG_INSTALL"
+echo "DOCKER_PROXY_URL=$DOCKER_PROXY_URL"
+echo "USER=$USER"
+
+install_docker_ce
+