Pre-Requsites To Install Docker Toolbox In Windows
Before installing Docker Toolbox on your Windows system, Make sure that your system meets the following minimum requirements:
- 64-bit Windows 7 (or higher)
- Virtualization enabled
Check System Configuration
The initial step involves checking whether your system configuration aligns with the necessary prerequisites for the successful installation of Docker Toolbox.
1. Check Windows Version
- Check your windows version by folowing below steps:
- Click on Windows start and enter the “Settings” text on it.
- On entering the settings you will see the navigation options, on click enter you will direct to that settings page.
- In that settings window page, go through Systems page by clicking on it and then go through About section that is visible on left-hand side.
- Under “Windows specifications,” you’ll find the version and edition of Windows installed on your system as shown in below screenshot.
- If your system has 64bit version and OS edition above windows 7 then your system supports the installation of docker toolbox.
2. Hardware-Assisted Virtualization in Windows
Enable Hardware assited virtualization for installing Docker toolbox. We can enable this hardware assited virtualization in 2 ways, one is GUI mode and other one is CLI mode using commands.
i) Using Windows Task Manager
- Enter Task Manager in Windows search box and navigate to that page.
- After that go through performance section. Under CPU graph, we can see out whether the virutalization is enabled or not as shown in the below screenshot.
ii) Using Windows Commnad Prompt
- Open Command prompt in your system.
- Navigate to C: drive and run the following command to known the status of virualization:
systeminfo
- The following screenshot illustrate it clearly, on running you will get detailed information regarding in the system, In that check whether hypervisor is enabled or not. If it is not enable make sure to enable it.
Docker – Toolbox
Docker is a container platform that allows you to build, test and deploy applications quickly. A developer defines all the dependencies in a “docker file” which is used to build a Docker image that defines a docker container. Doing this ensures that your application will run in any environment. The Docker toolbox is a kind of older version of the Docker desktop.
Table of Content
- Why Docker?
- What Is Docker Toolbox?
- Docker Desktop vs Docker Toolbox
- Pre-Requsites To Install Docker Toolbox In Windows
- How To Install Docker Toolbox On Windows: A Step-By-Step Guide
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- Docker Pull Nginx Image using Docker Tool Box: A Step-By-Step Guide
- Installation requirements for macOS
- Docker Tool Box – FAQs