Sign up for Docker Hub

1. https://hub.docker.com/signup

Download Docker Desktop for Windows

1. https://download.docker.com/win/stable/Docker%20Desktop%20Installer.exe

Install Docker Desktop for Windows

1. Run Docker Desktop Installer.exe
2. Accept defaults shown below

Verify the Docker installation

1. Double-click the Docker Desktop icon on your desktop
2. Sign into Docker Hub when prompted
3. Open a PowerShell prompt
   • docker version
   • docker info
   • docker images (should return nothing)
   • docker run hello-world (should return “Hello from Docker!“)
   • docker images (should now show the hello-world image was pulled/containerized/and output streamed to the console)
   • docker ps (list containers)

Enable a Shared Drive

1. Settings\Shared Drives (you must tell docker where to store container files)

Suggestions

1. Settings\General (to disable default settings as shown below)

More Info

1. Reference documentation: https://docs.docker.com/reference/