I know it is obvious but after a Windows installation - how do I use Docker?

Posted on October 30, 2015

Hi,

I know I saw this but cannot now find.

Installed Docker, but how do I use?

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Ryan Quinn

October 30, 2015

Hi! Since we do not provide Windows droplets we do not have any documentation on using docker for Windows. Docker themselves, however do provide a nice getting started guide here that should help you.

alexdo

June 9, 2021

Hello all,

Unfortunately at this time, we do not have native support for Windows OSs on Droplets. You may be able to achieve this however by creating your own custom Windows ISO image and then using that when creating your Droplet.

Currently, DigitalOcean only allows the deployment of Linux based OS’s.

NOTE: This is not natively supported on the platform (choosing a Windows OS when you deploy your droplet).

We’d recommend that you add your vote to the Windows Server idea on our Product Ideas Board as well as comment on your use-case there so that our teams can better understand your needs.

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/ideas/DO-I-2872

I will also recommend checking the article that ryanpq shared

https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/

Hope that helps! Regards, Alex