Docker Desktop For Windows 7

  



Why Docker?

Docker is an open platform that can be used to deploy applications in isolated, secure containers. Docker containers are lightweight, simple to configure and work consistently in diverse IT environments. Most Bitnami applications are available as Docker containers and offer all the usual Bitnami benefits: security, optimization, consistency and frequent updates.

Install Docker Toolbox in Windows

In this tutorial, we will see how to install docker toolbox on Windows 10 Operating system. How to install Docker Toolbox on Windows: A step by step guide to install Docker toolbox. System Information: I am installing Docker toolbox on the below configurations. However, it is okay if your system meets the prerequisites also. Windows 10 Pro (64. As for Docker Desktop Community/Enterprise, they designed this product set considering developers and a development environment in mind. Docker Desktop provides an installation wizard, a management UI, and several other utilities for improving deployment. Docker Desktop is supported on Windows 10 and Mac. Docker Desktop comes with the Docker. Expected behavior The Docker app should minimally the file location of images pulled, and in a normal case allow that location to be set. Actual behavior I cannot find any information on this for the Docker for Windows Beta Information PS docker version Client: Version: 1.11.0 API version: 1.23 Go version: go1.5.4 Git commit: 4dc5990 Built: Wed Apr 13 19: OS/Arch: windows/amd64.

For Windows 7 (and higher) users, Docker provides Docker Toolbox, an installer that includes everything needed to configure and launch a Docker environment. Docker Toolbox allows you to deploy development containers in legacy Windows systems that do not meet the requirements of the new Docker for Windows application.

Docker Toolbox contains the following tools:

  • Docker Machine
  • Docker Engine
  • Docker Compose
  • Kinematic
  • Docker Quickstart Terminal App
  • Oracle VirtualBox

Prerequisites

Your Windows system must meet the following minimum requirements:

  • 64-bit Windows 7 (or higher)
  • Virtualization enabled

Step 1: Check system configuration

The first step is to check if your system configuration meets the requirements needed for running the installer successfully.

Check Windows version

Docker Toolbox requires 64-bit Windows 7 (or higher). There are many ways to verify if your machine meets these requirements.

Check OS version in Windows 10
  • Type “Settings” in the Windows Search Box and select “System -> About”.
  • Find your Edition and Version under your PC name.
  • Look “System type” to check if you are running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.
Check OS version in Windows 7 and 8
  • Go to “Control Panel -> System and Security -> System”. Check the Windows Edition and System Type.

Find more information about how to check your Windows operating system.

Enable hardware-assisted virtualization

Enabling hardware-assisted virtualization is mandatory for installing Docker Toolbox.

Hardware-assisted virtualization in Windows 8 or higher

You can check if your system supports this technology in two different ways.

  • Using the Windows Task Manager:

    • Type “Task Manager” in the Windows Search Box.
    • Click “Performance” tab. Look under “CPU” to find out if virtualization is enabled or not.

  • Using the Windows Command Prompt:

    • Type “Command Prompt” in the Windows Search Box.

    • Right-click to open the options menu. Select “Run as administrator”.

    • Navigate to the C: drive by typing:

    • Run the following command:

NOTE: If virtualization is not enabled in your machine, please check how to enable it in your BIOS by following your manufacturer’s instructions.

Hardware-assisted virtualization in Windows 7
  • Download and run the Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool.

Step 2: Install Docker Toolbox

Download Docker Toolbox

Once the system requirements have been verified, download the installer from the Docker website. Click the download button with the Windows logo.

NOTE: Make sure that you are installing the latest release of Docker Toolbox. Find the list of releases in Docker’s GitHub repository.

Docker Toolbox will install the following applications:

  • Docker Client for Windows
  • Docker Toolbox management tool and ISO
  • Oracle VirtualBox
  • Git MSYS-git UNIX tools

Launch the Docker Toolbox setup wizard

IMPORTANT: If you have VirtualBox installed and running, please shut down it before the installation begins.

These are the steps you must follow for completing the Docker Toolbox installation:

  • Open the installer by double-clicking the .exe file. Choose “Yes” in the Windows security dialog box to allow the program to make changes to your PC.

  • When the Docker Toolbox setup wizard starts, click the “Next” button.

  • Choose the local folder for Docker Toolbox installation. Click the “Next” button.

  • Check the components to be installed (“Git for Windows” is recommended; uncheck “VirtualBox” if already installed). Click “Next”.

  • Accept all default options and click the “Next” button.

  • Verify that all selected components will be installed. Click “Back” to change any settings.

  • Click the “Install” button to finish the installation. If Windows should ask you about permitting changes to your PC, click “Yes” to allow it to make the necessary changes.

  • After all the components are installed, the wizard will notify that installation was successful. Uncheck “View Shortcuts in File Explorer” and click “Finish”.

Step 3: Verify the installation

To verify installation, follow these steps:

  • Go to your desktop, which should have these three icons:

    • Docker Quickstart Terminal
    • Kitematic
    • Oracle VM VirtualBox.

  • Launch the Docker Quickstart Terminal by clicking the corresponding icon. This starts the creation of the Docker machine and all its components.

  • Click near the $ symbol to activate the terminal.

  • Type the following command and press Enter:

  • Docker will download and run the “Hello world” container. A confirmation message will be displayed in the terminal.

This indicates that your Docker installation is successful.

Step 4: Run Bitnami WordPress in Docker

Now that Docker is running, the next step is to use it with a Bitnami application. This guide will use the Bitnami WordPress Docker image.

The Bitnami WordPress Docker image provides the latest version of WordPress, including recent updates.This image deploys two containers, one for the database and another for the application itself.

Follow the steps below to deploy the Bitnami WordPress image:

  • Open the Docker Quickstart Terminal by double-clicking the icon.

  • Browse to Bitnami’s Docker image for WordPress. Click the “Clone or download” button. Copy the URL to the clipboard.

  • Type git clone in the Docker Quickstart Terminal and paste the URL:

  • Check the IP address of your Docker machine by executing the following command:

  • Change the directory:

  • Run the docker-compose up command to launch the containers and to create the volumes:

  • Access the application by browsing to the Docker machine IP address. You should see something like this:

Useful links

In this blog, I will show you how to install Docker version 19 in Windows 10. We will be using community edition (CE) as this is a free version. You can use this edition to install it on your personal computer to learn and build application around it. Knowledge of Docker is a must if you want to build Cloud Native Microservices based applications.

There are other platforms for building container based application. But over the years, Docker has become the industry standard for building container based application using Kubernetes for orchestration. As such, Docker skill is must for IT professionals.

Lets get started

Prerequisites: Docker requires Hyper-V enabled in Windows 10. Without this Docker will not run after you install Docker. To enable Hyper-V in Windows, please follow my post here

Please note that Docker needs Hyper-V only in Windows 10. It will not work with VMware Workstation or Virtual Box. You can refer to the docker documentation

Docker consumes a lot of RAM. I can feel the performance issue after I run Docker on my 8 GB RAM Laptop. You can still work, it wont create major problems. I think, on a 16 GB RAM machine, you should not feel the performance issue.

8 GB machines works for me, so its OK.

Step 1 – Download Docker

Officially Docker installer, community edition can be downloaded from Docker Store. You will have to create an account to be able to download it. Having an account for Docker is a very good things. It allows you to download docker images in the future.

If you dont want to create an account, this is the direct link to Download Docker Installer.

You can also reach the Docker Store download page from the Docker official page. Go to the Docker Official home Page.

Click on Products-> Docker Desktop on the menu bar. This will take you to the docker desktop product page.

Docker Desktop Product Webpage

Click on Download Desktop for Mac and Windows.

The installer file for windows is around 914 MB.

Step 2 – Run the installer

Double click on the downloaded installer file to start the installation wizard. You will see Windows UAC – User Access Control asking for permission to allow the program to run. Click yes to continue.

Docker Installation – Windows User Access Control

Now you will see Docker installer downloading additional files required. If you dont have internet connection, installer will move on to the next step. Wait for the process to complete and you will see the configuration screen.

Step 3 – Configuration Settings

In this dialog box you will be asked if you want to create desktop icon for Docker. I leave this checked. Second option is if you want to use Linux or Windows Container. This option can be changed later on. I leave it as default, that is unchecked.

Containers run on your host operating system which can be Linux or Windows. Ideally you can run Linux container on Linux OS and Windows container on Windows OS. This could be a problem in development machines if you want to develop Linux container based application on Windows.
To get around this, Docker allow users to create both Linux and windows container on the same windows machine without having to switch between OS platforms. To achieve this, Docker provides a Linux VM for Hyper-V called MobyLinuxVM as a part of installation process. This VM runs Linux container and your Windows 10 host runs Windows Containers. You cannot run both Windows and Linux Containers at the same time. That is why Docker allows you to switch between Windows and Linux container.
With this you can run both Linux and Windows Containers side by side as a part of the same Docker Installation for Windows.

Click OK to start the installation. Wait for the installation to complete.

Docker Installation progress

Once the installation completes, click on Close and restart to complete the installation.

Docker desktop for windows 7 windows 10

Step 4 – Run Docker

Once the system restarts, run Docker by double clicking the icon created on the desktop or from start menu. You will see a docker icon appear on your windows task bar. If you hover your mouse over it, it will say “Docker is Starting”. You will see a warning asking your permission to start the docker service. Click Start to continue and wait for docker service to start.

Docker Service not running warning

Once docker service starts for the first time, you will see a welcome screen asking you to login to Docker Hub. Enter the docker hub credentials you have created and click on sign in. This is optional but it is highly recommended that you do it.

Docker Desktop welcome screen

Step 5 – Disable Start Docker at Startup

By default, docker will automatically start when you turn on/login to your computer. Since Docker requires a lot of RAM, I don’t recommend this. We can start docker manually when we want to use it.

To disable starting docker at startup, right click on the docker Icon in the task bar. Click on Settings, under General Tab, uncheck, Start Docker when you login.

Click on apply and restart to make the changes. This will restart the docker service again (I will not restart Windows, only the docker service).

Install Docker Desktop For Windows 7

Step 6 – Check the version of Docker Installed

Most of the time you will be working with command line to work with Docker. Let this be your first command to check Docker version and see what you get.
Open Powershell or command prompt and enter the command:
docker version
You should see something like this.

Docker

Docker Desktop For Windows 7 Download

Docker Version Check – Windows Command Line

That’s it for now.

Whats Next
You can start your Docker Journey by learning about the command you can execute in your computer terminal.

Docker Desktop For Windows 7

Good luck.