Install Docker: Windows Server

Windows Server

To run a Windows container, you must have a supported container runtime available on your machine. The runtimes currently supported on Windows are Moby, the Mirantis Container Runtime, and containerd.

This section shows you how to install each runtime on a VM that runs Windows Server. For the Moby and containerd runtimes, you can use PowerShell scripts to complete the installation in a few steps.

Docker CE / Moby

Docker Community Edition (Docker CE) provides a standard runtime environment for containers. The environment offers a common API and command-line interface. The framework and components of Docker CE are managed by the open-source community as part of the Moby Project.

To get started with Docker on Windows Server, use the following command to run the install-docker-ce.ps1 PowerShell script. This script configures your environment to enable container-related OS features. The script also installs the Docker runtime.

PowerShellCopy

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

For detailed information about configuring Docker Engine, see Docker Engine on Windows.

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REFERENCES

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick-start/run-your-first-container

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick-start/set-up-environment?tabs=dockerce