In this article, I’ll show you how to download Windows Sever Container Images and use them with Docker Container.
For previous articles In the series visit:
- Part 1: Deploy Docker Container On Windows Server 2016
- Part 2: Deploy Docker On Windows Server 2016
- How To Check Installed Docker Version On Windows Server 2016
- Use Docker With PowerShell ISE Console
In this article I’ll download two Windows Images:
- Windows Server Core 2016
- Windows Nano Server 2016
Please see the table below for supported Base Images and container hosts (taken from MS Website)
To download the Images, Open PowerShell or ISE with Docker and run the cmdlets below to Download the two Windows Images (make sure you have enough disk space)
docker pull microsoft/windowsservercore
docker pull microsoft/nanoserver
At this stage, Windows will download and extract the Images
When done you can type the line below to check all available Images
Docker Images
Next, I’ll download the Nano Server Image
docker pull microsoft/nanoserver