Run Windows … in a Docker Container ! (full installation and configuration guide)

[@jaroslav_75]

Great explaination! I finally figured it out after many months how its works)

[@Automation-Avenue]

Glad it worked for you :) Thank you for watching! Marek

[@P0lntL3sS]

This is beautiful Thank you! Went straight to putting it on my vps!

[@Automation-Avenue]

Glad you like it :) Thank you for watching ( and implementing! ) Marek

[@air-drive]

Very well explained, I have watched many of these kinds of videos and you explain things very well, it leaves a lot for a person to experiment a bit more with installing windows on docker and the parameters that can be changed to suit all kind of uses. Well done!

[@Automation-Avenue]

Thank you :) Glad that I could help Marek

[@ICanSeeYou009]

Is it possible to run commands to the Windows OS from the Ubuntu terminal? For me, sudo docker exec -it container_id cmd nor sudo docker exec -it container_id powershell work!?

[@Automation-Avenue]

Oh, I never really though of that, would have to check myself - good shout :) Thank you for watching Marek

[@hassanfawaz822]

Great work! will filstream work in it if I install a windows server ?

[@Automation-Avenue]

Everything should work exactly the same way as on standard installation. Thank you for watching :) Marek

[@hassanfawaz822]

@@Automation-Avenue I installed ubuntu on my Mac via UTM and I did everything but the windows failed to download completely because of KVM that is missing . what is the solution ?

[@hassanfawaz822]

i chose the option "virtualize" instead of "emulate "; the virtualise option can run only on the native cpu wich is M1 that apparently doesn't support KVM; I can emulate but it is slower ; do u have a better solution ?

[@saisuresh1658]

can we take as a base image of windows(dockurr/windows)? after created the container from this base image can we install what ever we want in this docker container?

[@Automation-Avenue]

Yes you might want to check the source code for that. Regarding windows in container - yes, you can install anything you want there, its something as if you had it running on Virtualbox , although in this case its running on kvm. Thank you for watching!

[@mariuspy]

How do you share files between the host (Ubuntu) and Windows? I read that you can access a host.lan machine in the network, but I get an error when I do this

[@Automation-Avenue]

Yes, there is a way, but I am happy to keep it completely isolated from host. For file sharing I have samba share configured in Windows to exchange files with other systems. Thank you for watching :) Marek

[@djmuhkari4658]

How can I customize the web view? Additionally, how can I display it on my own HTML page without the VNC tabs, showing only the viewport?

[@Automation-Avenue]

Honestly - haven't tried that yet, something I might need to check. Thank you for watching Marek

if the host is a native installed linux, will this work the same?

just tried windowsxp on my lmde6 install, and works right out of the box - incredible

[@Automation-Avenue]

Yes, any linux distro should be fine. Thank you for watching Marek

[@fabriziot1467]

Thank you buddy!!!!!! Crystal clear!

[@Automation-Avenue]

Thanks, happy that I could help :) Marek

[@rdarshan927]

what about the resource usage like RAM?

[@Automation-Avenue]

It will be similar to 'normal' installation, you can control it when creating container by using environment variables: environment: RAM_SIZE: "8G" CPU_CORES: "4"

[@tai-nghe-chưa-chắc-đã-thấy]

How do you know the IP to connect to Remote Desktop?

[@Automation-Avenue]

Hi! The ip will be always the ip of the host where you run your container on. In my example - I have Proxmox server, and on this proxmox server I installed Ubuntu and on Ubuntu I run Windows container. The host in this example is the Ubuntu, because thats the machine that runs my Windows container - so in both cases - WinXP and Win11 the host would stay the same and its Ubuntu VM ip address. You can check ip address on Ubuntu by running 'ip address' or 'ifconfig' command in the Terminal. Hope that helps. Thank you for watching and commenting! Marek

[@PaoloLaitempergher-dy1io]

may be docker.compose in a lxc container?

[@Automation-Avenue]

Hi, not sure if I understand question but yes - you can run docker-compose file in LXC container, no problem at all. Just download template you wish ( like debian or ubuntu ) and use the same way as if you run it directly on Linux machine.

[@sakarsr]

Thank you. It's great information to know that we can run Windows in Docker. Can we install the Windows app inside the Docker windows? Could you explain the process to us?

[@Automation-Avenue]

You can install everything as you do on normal installation, this windows is running on kvm virtual machine, but except of that its fully usable operating system- no different to one running on your laptop or pc. Thank you for watching :) Marek

[@debnathmriganka2010]

Very very good information Thank a lot. Hello, Can you tell me one thing if i want to install it on Oracle Free tirer It will be run?

[@Automation-Avenue]

Hi Havent played with OCI for a while, but cant see why not. Just double check the vpu architecture- if they offer ARM or x86 as this will determine which docker can be run ( there is only Win10 and Win11 for ARM architecture )

[@debnathmriganka2010]

@@Automation-Avenue if possible Please make a video please.

[@Automation-Avenue]

I will think about it, maybe its time to refresh my OCI skills ;)

[@debnathmriganka2010]

@@Automation-Avenue Sir, can you help me one thing I just got a free good vps, OS prebuild Ubuntu, then I install virtual machine for proxmox server, but Nat to Bridge I cant do it, because of I am not familar for Lunux, I tried many time from getting help of youtube and ChatGPT, but i cant Can you help me, Please.

[@Lunolux]

this is insane O_o great video / great explaination thx +1 sub

[@Automation-Avenue]

Thanks for the sub! Marek

[@marcq1588]

I run MacOS and this script does not work because it is not possible to have /dev/kvm device on a mac machine! You say "If like me you use linux or macos you need to run a windows application..." only applies if you run Linux... Not MacOS.

[@Automation-Avenue]

On MacOs you run Docker desktop which runs Linux VM in the background. The repo you need to use though is the one with windows for ARM ( which includes only Win 10 and Win 11) Is that what you are testing?

[@blieb84]

@@Automation-AvenueHaving the same issue on my intel MacBook. The /dev/kvm is not available, also not inside the Linux VM. Also don’t see a way to enable this in docker for macOS.

[@elory5986]

pojebane, i zajebiste

[@Automation-Avenue]

Haha, w sumie to wszystko się zgadza :) Pozdrawiam! Marek