Docker/Windows

Windows Containers GitHub

Github microsoft/Windows-Containers
https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-Containers

Install Docker Community Edition

Docker Community Edition (CE) provides a standard runtime environment for containers with a common API and command-line interface (CLI). It is managed by the open source community as part of the Moby Project.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/Windows-Containers/Main/helpful_tools/Install-DockerCE/install-docker-ce.ps1

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/Windows-Containers/Main/helpful_tools/Install-DockerCE/install-docker-ce.ps1" -o install-docker-ce.ps1
.\install-docker-ce.ps1

Get started: Prep Windows for containers
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick-start/set-up-environment?tabs=dockerce

Docker Engine on Windows
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/manage-docker/configure-docker-daemon

Windows Test Image

Hello World:

docker run hello-world:nanoserver

Something more ambition - try run powershell:

docker run -it mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022 powershell

Config

C:\programdata\docker\config\daemon.json

Isolation

Windows Server Containers use Hyper-V isolation by default on Windows 10 and 11 to provide developers with the same kernel version and configuration that will be used in production.

Switch to Windows Containers

& $Env:ProgramFiles\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.exe -SwitchDaemon .

Service

See service:

sc qc docker

Service is running as: docker

C:\WINDOWS\system32\dockerd.exe --run-service --service-name docker

Add a Docker Group to allow normal users to manage docker: (run as administrator)

net localgroup docker-users /add

Add user to group:

net localgroup docker-users [USER] /add

Update service to use docker-users group:

sc config docker binPath="C:\WINDOWS\system32\dockerd.exe --run-service --service-name docker -G docker-users"

Restart service:

net stop docker
net start docker

See updated service:

C:\> sc qc docker
[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: docker
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\WINDOWS\system32\dockerd.exe --run-service --service-name docker -G docker-users
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : Docker Engine
        DEPENDENCIES       :
        SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

Moby Project

Moby Project
https://mobyproject.org/

What is Moby?
Moby is an open framework created by Docker to assemble specialized container systems without reinventing the wheel. It provides a “lego set” of dozens of standard components and a framework for assembling them into custom platforms.

Uninstall Docker

See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/manage-docker/configure-docker-daemon

Docker in WSL

See Docker/Docker in WSL