Linux Containers On Windows Server 2016

Linux containers in a moby vm.

Linux containers on windows server 2016.

Pairing this with what we ve done in the previous segments should have you prepared to run both windows and linux containers with docker. As a side learning of this topic i also got some ideas about the windows server semi annual channel. Knowing this we ll cover just a few more advanced docker items in the next post before getting into container orchestrators. To run linux containers in a linux vm follow the instructions in docker s get started guide.

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. It turns out the linux containers on windows lcow server is a preview feature of both windows server version 1709 and docker ee. It won t work on windows server 2016 of which the version is older than 1709. With the release of windows server 2016 version 1709 today i ll show you how to run linux containers on windows containers.

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. Running linux containers on windows containers was and is the number 1 requested feature since day one. 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. Windows server 2016 1709 contains several enhancements for docker customers.

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. In windows server 2016 microsoft introduced windows containers.