Chapter 7: Moving from Linux to Windows Containers
In this chapter, we will discuss and take a look at Windows containers. Microsoft has embraced containers as a way of deploying older applications on new hardware. Unlike Linux containers, Windows containers are only available on Windows-based Docker hosts.
We will be covering the following topics:
- An introduction to Windows containers
- Setting up your Docker host for Windows containers
- Running Windows containers
- A Windows container Dockerfile
- Windows containers and Docker Compose
Technical requirements
In this chapter, the containers we will be launching will only work on a Windows Docker host. We will be using VirtualBox and Vagrant on macOS- and Linux-based machines to assist in getting ...
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