Docker Windows install instructions on the state of 4 August 2016

Configuration of Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016 TP5 requires few specific steps to be done in order to make Docker work. This is detailed description of the setup sequence.

Another Solution

Prepared Windows Server 2016 TP5 with everything on-board image can be build with Packer using @StefanScherer’s github.com/docker-windows-box. Its possible to build VirtualBox, VMWare or Hyper-V image. Configuration scripts sits in https://github.com/StefanScherer/docker-windows-box/tree/master/scripts.

Step-by-step guide

1. Hyper-V setup: In order to connect the VM to the internet configure: External virtual switch in Shared control mode. There is also an opportunity to use Internal switch with NAT enabled over.
   1. Run Hyper-V in a Virtual Machine with Nested Virtualization
2. Download latest
3. Windows 10 and install latest August 2, 2016 — KB3176929 (OS Build 14393.10). (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12387/windows-10-update-history)
4. or: Windows Server 2016 TP5 from Insider program (min insiders build 14372) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview 1. Use Standard Key: MFY9F-XBN2F-TYFMP-CCV49-RMYVH from Preinstallation instructions in order to do basic install. 1. Default password policy requires to enter Administrator Password to contain: Big letters, Small letters, Digits.
   1. Using Local Security Policy - disable strict password policy.
   1. GPO_name\Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Account Policies\Password Policy
   2. Password must meet complexity requirements
      1. Using Local Security Policy - allow running Edge under Administrator.
   3. Under Local Policies/Security Options navigate to “User Account Control Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account“
   4. Set the policy to Enabled
   5. Windows 10 Edge can’t be opened using the built-in administrator account
5. Enable updates, Enable Insider Mode, Enable Developer Mode
6. Install Hyper-V Feature
7. Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All
8. Install Containers Feature
9. Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName containers -All
10. Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization\Containers' -Name VSmbDisableOplocks -Type DWord -Value 1 -Force
11. Install Docker
12. New-Item -Type Directory -Path "C:\Program Files\docker\"
13. Invoke-WebRequest https://master.dockerproject.org/windows/amd64/dockerd.exe -OutFile $env:ProgramFiles\docker\dockerd.exe
14. Invoke-WebRequest https://master.dockerproject.org/windows/amd64/docker.exe -OutFile $env:ProgramFiles\docker\docker.exe
15. [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $env:Path + ";$env:ProgramFiles\docker\", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
16. & $env:ProgramFiles\docker\dockerd.exe --register-service
17. Configure Docker daemon
18. net localgroup docker /add
19. net localgroup docker Administrator /add
20. Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\docker -Name ImagePath -Value ""C:\Program Files\docker\dockerd.exe" --run-service -H npipe:// -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375 -G docker -D"`
21. Start-Service Docker
22. Check Docker
23. docker version
24. docker info
25. Fetch Docker logs
26. Get-EventLog -LogName Application -Source Docker -After (Get-Date).AddMinutes(-5) | Sort-Object TimeGenerated
27. Download default images depending on your host type (nano or gui)
28. Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -scope Process
29. Install-PackageProvider ContainerImage -Force
30. Install image 1. Install-ContainerImage -Name WindowsServerCore (obsolete) 1. or: Install-ContainerImage -Name NanoServer (obsolete) 1. or: Start-BitsTransfer https://aka.ms/tp5/6b/docker/nanoserver -Destination nanoserver.tar.gz; docker load -i nanoserver.tar.gz (obsolete) 1. or: docker pull microsoft/nanoserver:10.0.14300.1030 (for Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 Nano) 1. or: docker pull microsoft/windowsservercore:10.0.14300.1030 (for Windows Server 2016)
31. Restart-Service docker
32. docker tag microsoft/windowsservercore:10.0.14300.1030 windowsservercore:latest
33. Deploy your first container
34. docker run -it windowsservercore ping -t localhost
35. or: docker run -it nanoserver ping -t localhost
36. Docker machine install
37. Install Chocolatey & iex (wget 'https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1' -UseBasicParsing), rm $profile
38. choco install -y docker-machine
39. choco install -y docker-compose

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