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- :title: Installation on Windows
- :description: Please note this project is currently under heavy development. It should not be used in production.
- :keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, Windows, requirements, virtualbox, boot2docker
- .. _windows:
- Microsoft Windows
- =================
- Docker can run on Windows using a virtualization platform like VirtualBox. A Linux
- distribution is run inside a virtual machine and that's where Docker will run.
- Installation
- ------------
- .. include:: install_header.inc
- 1. Install VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org - or follow this `tutorial <http://www.slideshare.net/julienbarbier42/install-virtualbox-on-windows-7>`_.
- 2. Download the latest boot2docker.iso from https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases.
- 3. Start VirtualBox.
- 4. Create a new Virtual machine with the following settings:
- - `Name: boot2docker`
- - `Type: Linux`
- - `Version: Linux 2.6 (64 bit)`
- - `Memory size: 1024 MB`
- - `Hard drive: Do not add a virtual hard drive`
- 5. Open the settings of the virtual machine:
- 5.1. go to Storage
- 5.2. click the empty slot below `Controller: IDE`
- 5.3. click the disc icon on the right of `IDE Secondary Master`
- 5.4. click `Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file`
- 6. Browse to the path where you've saved the `boot2docker.iso`, select the `boot2docker.iso` and click open.
- 7. Click OK on the Settings dialog to save the changes and close the window.
- 8. Start the virtual machine by clicking the green start button.
- 9. The boot2docker virtual machine should boot now.
- Running Docker
- --------------
- boot2docker will log you in automatically so you can start using Docker right
- away.
- Let's try the “hello world” example. Run
- .. code-block:: bash
- docker run busybox echo hello world
- This will download the small busybox image and print hello world.
- Observations
- ------------
- Persistent storage
- ``````````````````
- The virtual machine created above lacks any persistent data storage. All images
- and containers will be lost when shutting down or rebooting the VM.
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