{"id":173,"date":"2017-09-01T02:34:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T02:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","slug":"install-setup-docker-on-windows-server-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/install-setup-docker-on-windows-server-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Install \/ Setup Docker on Windows Server 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working on installing Docker on Server 2016. Here are the steps I’ve followed and some issues I ran into:<\/p>\n

First, you have to have Windows Server 2016.<\/p>\n

Run Powershell as Administrator (Right click on PowerShell and RunAs Administrator) – yes, you also have to be a local administrator of the box.<\/p>\n

Commands in order:<\/p>\n

Install-PackageProvider containerimage -Force<\/pre>\n
Then you want to see what operating system container images are available:<\/p>\n
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This step wasn’t in the instructions I was following but is necessary and was raised on the GitHub site<\/a> as well. The server will reboot<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>after the below command is executed.\u00a0After it reboots, you need to run the command again. Ugh. I thought it was done and tried to install Windows Server Core and it failed after about 30 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n
This is installing and then enabling the Docker Container feature on Windows<\/h2>\n
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Containers<\/pre>\n
As stated above, run the command again. Once done, it will actually tell you that it’s Online and True:<\/p>\n
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Install Windows Server Core Container Image<\/h2>\n
Install the WindowsServerCore Container Image by typing the following command below. This does take a while as it downloads Windows Server Core Container Image:<\/p>\n
Install-ContainerImage -Name WindowsServerCore<\/pre>\n
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I went to have a bite to eat, took a nap, Surfed Reddit for a while, went to the bathroom and then it was done!<\/p>\n
You can check if the image was downloaded by running looking in the directory:<\/p>\n
ls c:\\programdata\\Microsoft\\windows\\images<\/pre>\n
The output should look like this:<\/p>\n
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Now we’re going to install Docker in Windows Server 2016<\/h2>\n
First, you want to download the Update-ContainerHost.ps1 powershell script. Here is the command:<\/p>\n
Invoke-WebRequest https:\/\/aka.ms\/tp5\/Update-Container-Host -Outfile Update-ContainerHost.ps1<\/pre>\n
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Run the command. I actually ran this to download the script while the above install of the Windows Server Core was running:<\/p>\n
To be continued…<\/p>\n
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