Docker on Windows

The pain

Unfortunately, there are a lot of developers who have to work in WinOS. I also have one workstation with WinOS. The docker doesn't work properly on Win7, thus, we have to use a workaround with Vagrant box.

Installation

1. Install VirtualBox-5.1.14-112924 (or later)
2. Install vagrant_1.9.1.msi (or later)
3. Run create_dev_vm.bat

Vagrant F.A.Q.

1. Basic commands

   vagrant init <box_name>                     # Create a new VM based on <box_name> (new Vagrantfile will be created)
   vagrant global-status                       # Display parameters for the all created VMs
   
   # All comannds below should be executed from the directory with Vagrantfile
   vagrant up                                  # Start up the local VM
   vagrant reload                              # Reboot VM
   vagrant ssh                                 # Connect to the local VM 
   vagrant snapshot save <snapshot_name>       # Create a snapshot of VM 
   vagrant snapshot restore <snapshot_name>    # Restory the VM to the particular snapshot 
   vagrant snapshot delete <snapshot_name>     # Delete particular snapshot of VM
   vagrant ssh-config                          # Show the ssh configuration (port, identity file, etc)
   vagrant suspend                             # Suspend the current state of VM
   vagrant destroy <VM_id>                     # Remove particular VM by id. You can detect the id by `vagrant global-status` command

2. How can I share the files across host winOS and guest Linux VM?

   Check the config.vm.synced_folder parameter in Vagrantfile.

3. How can I call the web applications inside of Docker containers hosted in guest Linux VM?

   Check the config.vm.network "forwarded_port" parameter in Vagrantfile.

Docker F.A.Q.

1. Prepare environment

   docker start <container_name>               # start particular container
   docker start -i <container_name>            # start particular container in interactive mode
   docker stop <container_name>                # stop particular container
   docker ps                                   # display all running containers
   docker ps -a                                # display all existing containers (stopped)
   docker exec -it <container_name> /bin/bash  # join to the container via bash
   docker rm <container_name>                  # remove particular container
   docker rmi <image_name>                     # remove particular image
   docker pull <image_name>                    # download particular image from the remote repository (NC Artifactory, dockerhub, etc)

2. Monitoring

   # Display on-line information regarding system usage (CPU,RAM,IO) per container    
   docker stats $(docker ps --format '{{.Names}}')        
   docker stats $(docker ps | awk '{if(NR>1) print $NF}')