The useful stuff I use with Docker
(ToDo: Get picture)

UPDATE: The install process has probably been updated; using the commands is probably the same though

Install

Update: I had a bunch on hyper-v here, but it was quite out of date

Enable WSL2

  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

run this one as admin powershell

wsl --version # is it installed?
wsl --install
wsl --version

Install chocolatey

  • https://chocolatey.org/install

Install Docker

  • https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/
choco install docker-desktop -y

docker pull

Good images to have:

docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/sdk
docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore/iis
docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest

docker container

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/container/

docker container ls

docker ps # Lists running containers
docker kill ab1234cd # Kills container - useful with the -rm tag on the running container!
docker ps -a # Lists all containers

docker rm ab123cd # removes container

docker image

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/image/

docker image ls
docker images
docker image rm IMAGE
docker rmi ab123cd # remove image

docker image prune --all --force

docker prune

https://docs.docker.com/config/pruning/

docker container ls
docker volumes ls
docker image ls
docker network ls

docker container prune
docker volumes prune
docker image prune --all --force

docker network ls
# docker system prune --volumes #This is the nuclear option

docker volume

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/volume/

docker run --help
docker volume ls
docker volume inspect
docker volume prune
docker volume rm

docker run

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run/

docker run --help
Parameter Note
-d, –detach Run container in background and print container ID
-u, –user 0 Username or UID - 0 is for root
-p, –publish 5901:5901 Publish a container’s port(s) to the host
-e, –env list VNC_RESOLUTION=1900x1175 Set environment variables
–rm Automatically remove the container when it exits
–name testme Assign a name to the container
-v, –volume /D/TempOnHost:/C/TempOnContainer  
-i, –interactive need -it to keep the docker container running! IIS doesn’t need it
-t, –tty Allocate a pseudo-TTY, -it to use putty shell

webtop

This is fun!

  • https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-webtop
  • versions of linux instead of latest
    • https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-webtop?tab=readme-ov-file#version-tags

To run

  1. docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest
    • this is optional, but its nice to see it download
  2. run this:
    docker run -d --name webtop -p 3000:3000 --restart unless-stopped lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest
  3. browse at http://localhost:3000

mssql-server-windows-developer

I can never remember this, and it is really handy!
It looks like the image is at least 2 years old, but I’m using it anyways because I live life on the edge…

Octopus - Running SQL Server Developer in a Windows-based Docker Container

Here is the run goodness:

docker pull microsoft/mssql-server-windows-developer
docker run --rm --name SQLServer -d -p 1433:1433 -e sa_password=Password_01 -e ACCEPT_EULA=Y microsoft/mssql-server-windows-developer

And we can just use Sql Server Management Studio or Azure Data Studio… or heck Database Browser Portable to connect

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