Docker - Installation on Windows Last Updated : 14 Apr, 2022 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report In this article, we are going to see how to install Docker on Windows. On windows if you are not using operating system Windows 10 Pro then you will have to install our docker toolbox and here docker will be running inside a virtual machine and then we will interact with docker with a docker client To understand this let us look at the left side of the below image where you can see on Linux operating system docker is installed directly on the operating system but if you look at the right side on Windows operating system docker is installed inside a Linux virtual machine and we use a docker client to interact with docker. Prerequisites:Windows 7 or higher64-bit Operating SystemDownload and Install Linux kernel update packageInstallation: Follow the below steps to install Docker on Windows operating system: Step 1: Visit this website and click on the "Docker Desktop for Windows" button. Step 2: The installer will ask you to install WSL2, so click on the tick box next to it and click on ok. This will download and install WSL2 for you as shown below: Step 3: Then we will need to restart our system, so click on "Close and restart" button in the Docker installer window. After you restart the computer it will open up the Docker windows as shown below: At this point we have successfully installed docker on our Windows operating system. We can verify this using the below command: docker version This will result in the following informations: Comment More infoAdvertise with us P punamsingh628700 Follow Improve Article Tags : Cloud Computing Docker Container docker Explore Cloud Computing Tutorial 10 min read Basics Of Cloud ComputingIntroduction to Cloud Computing 8 min read History of Cloud Computing 4 min read Evolution of Cloud Computing 6 min read Characteristics of Cloud Computing 2 min read Advantages of Cloud Computing 8 min read Architecture of Cloud Computing 6 min read Cloud Computing Infrastructure 3 min read Cloud Management in Cloud Computing 6 min read What is Cloud Storage? 15 min read Real World Applications of Cloud Computing 6 min read Cloud Deployment ModelsCloud Deployment Models 12 min read Types of Cloud Computing 12 min read Difference Between Public Cloud and Private Cloud 6 min read Public Cloud vs Private Cloud vs Hybrid Cloud 7 min read Cloud Service ModelsCloud Based Services 11 min read Platform As A Service (PaaS) and its Types 11 min read Software As A Service (SaaS) 2 min read Difference between SaaS, PaaS and IaaS 7 min read Cloud VirtualizationVirtualization in Cloud Computing and Types 6 min read Difference between Cloud Computing and Virtualization 4 min read Pros and Cons of Virtualization in Cloud Computing 5 min read Data Virtualization 9 min read Hardware Based Virtualization 5 min read Server Virtualization 3 min read Types of Server Virtualization in Computer Network 5 min read Network Virtualization in Cloud Computing 4 min read Operating system based Virtualization 5 min read Cloud Service ProviderAmazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial 13 min read Microsoft Azure Tutorial 13 min read Google Cloud Platform Tutorial 8 min read Advanced Concepts of CloudOn Premises VS On Cloud 3 min read Differences between Cloud Servers and Dedicated Servers 4 min read Cloud Networking 11 min read Server Consolidation in Cloud Computing 6 min read Hypervisor Security in Cloud Computing 5 min read Cloud Computing Security 5 min read Security Issues in Cloud Computing 5 min read 7 Privacy Challenges in Cloud Computing 5 min read Security Threats in Implementing SaaS of Cloud Computing 6 min read Multitenancy in Cloud computing 2 min read Middleware in Grid Computing 2 min read Difference between Cloud Computing and Grid Computing 4 min read Scalability and Elasticity in Cloud Computing 4 min read Cloud Bursting vs Cloud Scaling 7 min read Automated Scaling Listener in Cloud Computing 4 min read Difference Between Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud 5 min read Difference Between Cloud Computing and Fog Computing 3 min read Overview of Multi Cloud 10 min read Service level agreements in Cloud computing 6 min read Overview of Everything as a Service (XaaS) 5 min read Resource Pooling Architecture in Cloud Computing 3 min read Load balancing in Cloud Computing 6 min read Overview of Desktop as a Service (DaaS) 5 min read IoT and Cloud Computing 6 min read Container as a Service (CaaS) 5 min read Principles of Cloud Computing 3 min read Resiliency in Cloud Computing 4 min read Serverless Computing 3 min read Like