How to install a good docker environment on windows
In this post we will see how to install docker on windows. We will also look at how to work around to the cygwin cannot enable tty mode on non tty input.
Updated
- 13/07: Added volume informations
- 14/07: Added issue with cygwin
- 20/07: Added Virtual Box 5 informations
- 04/09: Toolbox has replaced boot2docker. The post will be updated soon. The extraction of the env into cmd or powershell still works with toolbox.
- 10/09: fix to bash under windows issue
- 25/09: Added babun and removed the cygwin/ConEMU solution
Some informations before starting
- Virtual Box 4 doesn't work on windows10 (May 2015), Virtual Box 5 works but non officially
- These tests are done on Windows 7
- Toolbox works on VirtualBox 5
- Linux and windows does not use the same file system format. This result in differences with file ownership. It can make some problems running code.
- Links are written at the end of the post to help for some issues
installing Toolbox
- Go to docker toolbox download and download the installer (316Mo). Version was 1.8.1c at the writing time.
- Run the installer
- Run a terminal (cmd/ConEMU/...)
- Start the VM with
docker-machine start default - SSH in with
docker-machine ssh default - Make a test
C:\Users\username>docker-machine ssh default
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Boot2Docker version 1.8.1, build master : 7f12e95 - Thu Aug 13 03:24:56 UTC 2015
Docker version 1.8.1, build d12ea79
docker@default:~$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS
NAMES
docker@default:~$ docker run hello-world
Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
535020c3e8ad: Pull complete
af340544ed62: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:a68868bfe696c00866942e8f5ca39e3e31b79c1e50feaee4ce5e28df2f051d5c
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest
Hello from Docker.
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.
To generate this message, Docker took the following steps:
1. The Docker client contacted the Docker daemon.
2. The Docker daemon pulled the "hello-world" image from the Docker Hub.
3. The Docker daemon created a new container from that image which runs the
executable that produces the output you are currently reading.
4. The Docker daemon streamed that output to the Docker client, which sent it
to your terminal.
To try something more ambitious, you can run an Ubuntu container with:
$ docker run -it ubuntu bash
Share images, automate workflows, and more with a free Docker Hub account:
https://hub.docker.com
For more examples and ideas, visit:
https://docs.docker.com/userguide/
docker@default:~$
Compatibility
Most of the script written with docker suppose that there is a linux environment and are written in bash.
When you run bash from windows, if you run docker commands, it will fail with a "cannot enable tty mode on non tty input" error.
Here is a simple workaround :
install babun- start
babun - run the docker fix from tianglo:
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiangolo/babun-docker/master/setup.sh | source /dev/stdin - run
docker run -ti busybox shto control everything is fine
Written on July 12, 2015