Linux Containers On Windows Server 2016

Docker has been able to run linux containers on windows desktop since it was first released in 2016 before hyper v isolation or linux containers on windows were available using a linuxkit based virtual machine running.

Linux containers on windows server 2016.

Though containers are not a new concept for developers the integration of containers as a feature of the windows server environment is a big leap for developers security and network operations. To run linux containers in a linux vm follow the instructions in docker s get started guide. Running linux containers on windows containers was and is the number 1 requested feature since day one. There you have it.

Pairing this with what we ve done in the previous segments should have you prepared to run both windows and linux containers with docker. Knowing this we ll cover just a few more advanced docker items in the next post before getting into container orchestrators. Windows server 2016 1709 contains several enhancements for docker customers. Developers can create and test a container locally on their laptop or desktop and then deploy that same container image to their company s private cloud.

Containers are portable and versatile can run apps written in any language and they re compatible with any machine running windows 10 version 1607 or later or windows server 2016 or later. You ve successfully run a linux container on top of windows server 2019. In windows server 2016 microsoft introduced windows containers. With the release of windows server 2016 version 1709 today i ll show you how to run linux containers on windows containers.

It won t work on windows server 2016 of which the version is older than 1709. It means that you can now run windows and linux containers at the same time on a windows server container host running windows server 1709 or windows 10 with the fall creators update 1709.