Setting up docker on windows for windows dockers

date: 13/10/2020

In order to be able to setup a docker server on a windows with the ability to run windows dockers you will need to install a version that supports Hyper-V such as:

• Win 10 pro
• Win server >=2012

XXXFIXME add link for HyperV supported versions.

On ESXI VM

• Create a new vm and ensure the compatibility of the vm is set as “ESXI 6.5 virtual machine”
• Edit the vm settings and expand the CPU section and on the “CPU/MMU Virtualization” choose “Hardware CPU and MMU”
• Boot the vm and setup windows as needed.
• Install the windows updates as they are needed by Docker for Windows
• Download docker for windows and install. Follow the installation instructions and do as instructed
• Once docker is installed restart your vm
• right click on docker icon and choose “Switch to Windows containers…”
• restart vm again
• Open C:\ProgramData\docker\config\daemon.json and configure the following entries

  {
  "registry-mirrors": [],
  "insecure-registries": ["10.0.0.254:5000"],
  "host": ["tcp://0.0.0.0:2375"],
  "debug": false,
  "experimental": false,
  "bridge": "none"
  }
  

• Restart the VM once more
• Open a command prompt and remove all existing networks

  docker network prune
  

• Ensure you only have two networks left nat & none
• Create a new transparent network for our containers

  docker network create -d transparent --subnet=10.0.0.0/16 --gateway=10.0.0.254 aanet
  

• Run a container on our newly created network aanet and assign IP from DHCP

  docker run -it --network=aanet mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:1903
  

• If dhcp is not running you can assign IP (eg 10.0.104.123) to the container by running

  docker run -it --ip=10.0.104.123 --network=aanet mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:1903