This chapter will cover the basics of using Windows Containers with Docker.
##Running Windows containers
First, make sure the Docker installation is working:
> docker version
Client:
Version: 17.03.0-ce
API version: 1.26
Go version: go1.7.5
Git commit: 60ccb22
Built: Thu Feb 23 10:40:59 2017
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Server:
Version: 17.03.0-ce
API version: 1.26 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.7.5
Git commit: 60ccb22
Built: Thu Feb 23 10:40:59 2017
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Experimental: true
Next, pull a base image that’s compatible with Windows and do a test-run:
docker pull microsoft/windowsservercore
docker run microsoft/windowsservercore hostname
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Pushing images to Docker Cloud requires a free Docker ID. Storing images on Docker Cloud is a great way to save build artifacts for later user, to share base images with co-workers or to create build-pipelines that move apps from development to production with Docker.
Docker images are typically built with docker build from a Dockerfile recipe, but for this example, we’re going to just create an image on the fly in PowerShell.
"FROM microsoft/windowsservercore `n CMD echo Hello World!" | docker build -t <docker-id>/windows-test-image -
Test the image:
docker run <docker-id>/windows-test-image
Hello World!
Login with docker login and then push the image:
docker push <docker-id>/windows-test-image
Images stored on Docker Cloud are available in the web interface and public images can be pulled by other Docker users.
Continue to Step 3: Multi-Container Applications