Installing docker on windows 2016
In this blog, we will show you the step-by-step to Installing docker in windows 2016.
INSTALLING REQUIREMENTS
- Need a windows 2016 GUI physical host (or) VM.
- Container Service required (This will installed while installing the docker service)
Note : We are installing the docker service in VM for this demonstration
VERIFYING WINDOWS UPDATES
- Go to start menu and click on settings.
- Then click on the update & security option.
- Make sure that your container host has completely update-to-date.
INSTALLING NUGET PROVIDER
- Go to start menu and click on PowerShell icon.
- Make sure that you are running PowerShell as administrator.
- Now install the Nuget PowerShell module using below command.
Install-Module -Name DockerMsftProvider -Repository PSGallery –Force
- It will prompt us to install NUGET provider. Type Y and press enter.
- Packages will start installing
- Once it’s completed, it will display the PowerShell prompt.
INSTALLING DOCKER SERVICE
- From the PowerShell window, execute the below command to install docker service.
Install-Package -Name docker -ProviderName DockerMsftProvider -verbose
- As we need to trust this package by typing Y to continue the installation.
- Now it will install the windows containers feature and install the docker service. We need to restart the windows container host to complete the installation.
- Once server back to online, get the status of docker service using below command.
get-service docker
- To start the docker service, run the below command.
start-service docker
VERIFYING INSTALLATION
- Go to C:\Program Files\ folder and you will able to find the Docker folder in it.
- You will able to find docker.exe, dockerd.exe and metadata.json files inside this folder.
- Go to PowerShell and execute the below command to find the docker version
docker version
It shows both docker client & docker server (engine) versions.
We have successfully installed the docker service in windows 2016.
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