Install Docker on Windows Nano Server

nano-docker.md

Install Docker on Windows Nano Server

Connect remotely to the nano server

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator
2. Test-WSMan xx.xxx.xxx.xx
3. Enable-PSRemoting
4. Enter public IP address of nano server: $ip = "xx.xxx.xxx.xx"
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts "$ip" -Force
5. Enter-PSSession -ComputerName $ip -Credential "~\Administrator"
   • Enter Password

Scan for Available Updates

1. $ci = New-CimInstance -Namespace root/Microsoft/Windows/WindowsUpdate -ClassName MSFT_WUOperationsSession
2. $result = $ci | Invoke-CimMethod -MethodName ScanForUpdates -Arguments @{SearchCriteria="IsInstalled=0";OnlineScan=$true}
3. $result.Updates

Install Windows Updates

1. $ci = New-CimInstance -Namespace root/Microsoft/Windows/WindowsUpdate -ClassName MSFT_WUOperationsSession
2. Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $ci -MethodName ApplyApplicableUpdates
3. Restart-Computer; exit

Install Docker

1. Install-Module -Name DockerMsftProvider -Repository PSGallery -Force
2. Install-Package -Name docker -ProviderName DockerMsftProvider
3. Restart-Computer -Force

Use Docker

1. docker pull tonysneed/helloaspnet:nanoserver
2. docker images
3. docker run -d -p 80:5000 --name helloaspnet tonysneed/helloaspnet:nanoserver
4. docker ps

Browse to public DNS or IP of Windows nano server

1. http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx
   • You should see: Hello World!

while running install-package on nanoserver, will call get-windowsfeature cmd that nano doesn't support

Any idea what this means? Brand new Windows 2016 server nano vm I spun up in azure. Happens at the end of the pull command.

docker : failed to register layer: re-exec error: exit status 1: output: ProcessBaseLayer
C:\ProgramData\docker\windowsfilter\5d26a92dc95558f86fbc03eb74013ce1f733adb9ec1e593c0db52dda8aa437d3: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.