Installation on Windows (Engine)

Windows

Note: This release of Docker deprecates the Boot2Docker command line in favor of Docker Machine. Use the Docker Toolbox to install Docker Machine as well as the other Docker tools.

You install Docker using Docker Toolbox. Docker Toolbox includes the following Docker tools:

• Docker Machine for running the docker-machine binary
• Docker Engine for running the docker binary
• Kitematic, the Docker GUI
• a shell preconfigured for a Docker command-line environment
• Oracle VM VirtualBox

Because the Docker daemon uses Linux-specific kernel features, you can’t run Docker natively in Windows. Instead, you must use docker-machine to create and attach to a Docker VM on your machine. This VM hosts Docker for you on your Windows system.

The virtual machine runs a lightweight Linux distribution made specifically to ru