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#Get started ##Installing Docker On Windows you have two options: either install Docker Toolbox which includes docker-machine which is a tool to create docker hosts and install docker engine in the hosts. Or you can manually create a Linux virtual machine in which you install docker engine manually (see below).

###Install using Docker Toolbox Download docker toolbox here The installation will include a couple of optional installations. If you already have e.g. Git for Windows or e.g. VirtualBox, un-check them.

I've hade very little luck to get the Docker CLI working properly on Windows so I prefer to use docker-machine instead. Here's how you would create a docker host with docker engine: start a Windows command prompt and type docker-machine create -d virtualbox my-docker-host When it's created you can ssh in to the host: docker-machine ssh my-docker-host

Try the following: docker run -d -p 80:80 nginx. This will download and run the official nginx image in a container. -d runs it in the background and -p 80:80 forwards port 80 in the container to port 80 on the host. Do docker ps which will list the running containers.

Now type exit to get back to the Windows command line. Type docker-machine list and note the ip-address of the my-docker-host. Type the ip address into a web browser's address field and hit enter. The nginx welcome page should appear.

Note! Even though this method is simpler than using a Linux VM as described below the latter has much better support for sharing a folder between the host a Windows.

###Install using a Linux virtual machine

  • Download and install VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
  • Download and install Vagrant: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html
  • Open bash and clone this repo (bash makes it easier to work with vagrant. Installed with Git for Windows)
  • Cd into the src/vagrant folder
  • Do vagrant up which creates an Ubuntu vm
  • Do vagrant ssh which logs you into the VM
  • Install Docker on the Ubuntu machine: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/ubuntulinux/
    tl;dr
    • sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D
    • Open /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list in e.g. Vim
    • Insert deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-trusty main and then save & close
    • sudo apt-get update
    • sudo apt-get install linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) (The linux-image-extra package allows you use the aufs storage driver.)
    • sudo apt-get install docker-engine
    • Verify installation: sudo docker run hello-world
  • To not have to run docker priviledged, add vagrant user to docker group: sudo usermod -aG docker vagrant and then log out and in again (exit and then vagrant ssh)