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Docker for Windows is to isolate Windows software. It's not a tool to test Linux containers on Windows. The deployment target for Docker containers for Window

Docker for Windows is to isolate Windows software. It's not a tool to test Linux containers on Windows. The deployment target for Docker containers for Windows will be a Windows OS.

bboreham 10y ago
Sadly, no, they're using the name "Docker for Windows" to refer to the Docker-on-Linux-in-a-VM-on-Windows version. Real native Windows containers and a Docker shim to manage them are coming: [1] but not released yet. [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick_start/quick_start https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowsconta...
gecko 10y ago
I am almost positive that is completely incorrect. Can you give any example of Docker being used to isolate Windows software?
- statictype 10y ago
  You're right. I was wrong about this
alexc05 10y ago
I don't think so. That's what Jeffery Snover is working on in Server 2016 with Windows nano server. Unless something has changed since the last time I checked, The WindowsServerCore docker image was not generally available yet and requires server2016 (I think it was TP6 the last time I checked) Docker, to my knowledge, is still exclusively Linux flavors. (Though I'm happy to be corrected if someone knows more than me)
- numo16 10y ago
  Docker images still aren't generally available, but you can now run Windows Container Images based on the NanoServer docker image (and WindowsServerCore image if you replace nanoserver with windowsservercore in their image URL in the docs below) on Windows 10 (insiders build)[0]. [0]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick_start/quick_start_windows_10?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowsconta...
  - alexc05 10y ago
    I went wide-eyed about three or four times while reading those instructions! Super exciting! Thanks for the comment.

Docker for Windows is to isolate Windows software. It's not a tool to test Linux containers on Windows. The deployment target for Docker containers for Windows will be a Windows OS.

bboreham 10y ago

Sadly, no, they're using the name "Docker for Windows" to refer to the Docker-on-Linux-in-a-VM-on-Windows version. Real native Windows containers and a Docker shim to manage them are coming: [1] but not released yet. [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick_start/quick_start https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowsconta...

gecko 10y ago

I am almost positive that is completely incorrect. Can you give any example of Docker being used to isolate Windows software?

statictype 10y ago
You're right. I was wrong about this

alexc05 10y ago

I don't think so. That's what Jeffery Snover is working on in Server 2016 with Windows nano server. Unless something has changed since the last time I checked, The WindowsServerCore docker image was not generally available yet and requires server2016 (I think it was TP6 the last time I checked) Docker, to my knowledge, is still exclusively Linux flavors. (Though I'm happy to be corrected if someone knows more than me)

numo16 10y ago
Docker images still aren't generally available, but you can now run Windows Container Images based on the NanoServer docker image (and WindowsServerCore image if you replace nanoserver with windowsservercore in their image URL in the docs below) on Windows 10 (insiders build)[0]. [0]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick_start/quick_start_windows_10?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowsconta...
- alexc05 10y ago
  I went wide-eyed about three or four times while reading those instructions! Super exciting! Thanks for the comment.