Docker Engine uses Linux-specific kernel features. Thus, to run docker engine on Windows, Boot2Docker application is developed. This application creates a Linux virtual machine on Windows to run Docker on a Linux operating system. In order to
Download the latest release of Boot2Docker from this download page. Once downloaded, run the installer. Following gets installed:
While installing Boot2Docker, you may come across following message:
Error Message as below:
initializing…
Virtual machine boot2docker-vm already exists
starting…
error in run: Failed to start machine “boot2docker-vm” (run again with -v for de
tails)
C:\Program Files\Boot2Docker for Windows>boot2docker start -v
Boot2Docker-cli version: v1.5.0
Git commit: ccd9032
2015/03/24 23:01:12 executing: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
showvminfo boot2docker-vm –machinereadable
2015/03/24 23:01:13 executing: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
guestproperty set boot2docker-vm /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/SharedFolders/MountPrefix
/
2015/03/24 23:01:13 executing: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
guestproperty set boot2docker-vm /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/SharedFolders/MountDir /
2015/03/24 23:01:13 executing: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
sharedfolder add boot2docker-vm –name c/Users –hostpath C:\Users –automount
VBoxManage.exe: error: Shared folder named ‘c/Users’ already exists
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_IN_USE (0x80bb000c), componen
t SessionMachine, interface IMachine, callee IUnknown
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: “CreateSharedFolder(Bstr(name).raw(), Bstr(hostp
ath).raw(), fWritable, fAutoMount)” at line 1009 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp
2015/03/24 23:01:13 executing: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
setextradata boot2docker-vm VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/c/U
sers 1
2015/03/24 23:01:13 executing: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
startvm boot2docker-vm –type headless
Waiting for VM “boot2docker-vm” to power on…
VBoxManage.exe: error: VT-x is not available. (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component Console, int
erface IConsole
2015/03/24 23:01:15 executing: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe
showvminfo boot2docker-vm –machinereadable
error in run: Failed to start machine “boot2docker-vm”: exit status 1
The above error could be handled by updating your bios on your desktop/laptop to allow virtualization. Once the installation is complete, you would find Boot2Docker Start shortcut on your Desktop. Double click on the “Boot2Docker Start” shortcut. It would ask for ssh key paraphrase. For starters, just press enter. And, you are all set.
Take a look at following video for installing Boot2Docker on Windows.
Double click on “Boot2Docker Start” and it would startup a shell. You could print “docker run hello-world” and you should be all set.
You could install Putty and configure putty to work with Docker. For that purpose, you would have to do following two steps:
Hope these instructions would help you get setup with Docker environment on Windows. Those with all time wish to work on Linux and not installing VM, would love Docker for that reason. I have fallen in love with it anyways. 🙂 L
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