As some of you would have seen i spent some time last week getting familiar with linux containers on windows server 2019 and i thought i would share what i did to get it all up and running.
Linux containers on windows server.
Visual studio team services or vsts has matured.
How to install docker enterprise edition preview on windows server 2019.
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As mentioned microsoft released the final version of windows server 1709 in the last week.
Before you install docker enterprise for windows server you have to install the hyper v role and the container feature.
How to configure windows 2019 for linux containers lcow article id.
Hyper v role installed containers feature installed.
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Linux containers using hyper v isolation is still a work in progress.
Get vm containerhost set vmprocessor exposevirtualizationextensions true get vmnetworkadapter vmname containerhost set vmnetworkadapter.
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Microsoft and docker are working on bringing linux container support to windows server so you can now run windows and linux container at the same time.
Once this is complete you ll have everything you need to run linux and windows containers on windows server assuming you ve read the previous segments.