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This removes the Vagrantfile and updates the documentation to remove the steps which explain how to install Docker in a VM via Vagrant. Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: Cristian Staretu <cristian.staretu@gmail.com> (github: unclejack)
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- title
- Installation on Windows
- description
- Please note this project is currently under heavy development. It should not be used in production.
- keywords
- Docker, Docker documentation, Windows, requirements, virtualbox, boot2docker
Windows
Docker can run on Windows using a virtualization platform like VirtualBox. A Linux distribution is run inside a virtual machine and that's where Docker will run.
Installation
- Install virtualbox from https://www.virtualbox.org - or follow this tutorial.
- Download the latest boot2docker.iso from https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases.
- Start VirtualBox.
- Create a new Virtual machine with the following settings:
- Name: boot2docker
- Type: Linux
- Version: Linux 2.6 (64 bit)
- Memory size: 1024 MB
- Hard drive: Do not add a virtual hard drive
Open the settings of the virtual machine:
5.1. go to Storage
5.2. click the empty slot below Controller: IDE
5.3. click the disc icon on the right of IDE Secondary Master
5.4. click Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file
Browse to the path where you've saved the boot2docker.iso, select the boot2docker.iso and click open.
Click OK on the Settings dialog to save the changes and close the window.
Start the virtual machine by clicking the green start button.
The boot2docker virtual machine should boot now.
Running Docker
boot2docker will log you in automatically so you can start using Docker right away.
Let's try the “hello world” example. Run
docker run busybox echo hello worldThis will download the small busybox image and print hello world.
Observations
Persistent storage
The virtual machine created above lacks any persistent data storage. All images and containers will be lost when shutting down or rebooting the VM.