windows_docker_setup.md

Windows Docker development

Prerequisites

Use Windows 10/11 Pro or Enterprise, NOT HOME (needed for container virtualization).

Get Docker Desktop

• Install from https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/
• Go through setup (create an account, launch the program, etc.)
• From the taskbar tray, go into Docker and click "Switch to Windows containers..."

Download and run a container

docker pull ghcr.io/eliasj42/arc-windows-runner:latest
docker run -it --entrypoint powershell ghcr.io/eliasj42/arc-windows-runner:latest

Look around in the container

PS C:\home\runner> ls 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin'


    Directory: C:\Program Files\Git\bin


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----         10/8/2024   1:53 AM          47496 bash.exe
-a----         10/8/2024   1:53 AM          46968 git.exe
-a----         10/8/2024   1:53 AM          47496 sh.exe

Build and run a container

git clone https://github.com/Eliasj42/arc-windows-runner.git
cd arc-windows-runner
docker build --build-arg RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS_VERSION=0.6.1 --build-arg RUNNER_VERSION=2.320.0 -f Dockerfile -t arc-windows-runner:debug .
docker run -it --entrypoint powershell arc-windows-runner:debug