How to install docker on windows 7
Docker is a computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization, also known as "containerization". Containers created with docker allow you to create isolated development environments on your system. These containers are also portable so you can easily move them from machine to machine and even share them with others.
Docker has many more benefits which you can read about here on the official docker website.
To install docker on Windows 7 you will need to download and install Docker Toolbox.
Docker Toolbox is for older Mac and Windows systems that do not meet the requirements of Docker for Mac and Docker for Windows
You will need to be running a 64 bit version of Windows 7 and you will need virtualization enabled on your system.
Steps
- Download docker toolbox from the following link.
https://download.docker.com/win/stable/DockerToolbox.exe
- Double click the DockerToolbox.exe file and run through the wizard.
Select the components you want and click next.
Select all additional tasks and click next.
Review the install details and click install when ready.
- Once the install is complete look for the Docker Quickstart Terminal on your desktop and double click.
- A terminal will open docker configuration will start. This could take a while.
- Eventually you will see the following screen.
- The terminal runs a special bash environment instead of the standard Windows command prompt. The bash environment is required by Docker.
- To confirm your install has been successful, type the command docker run hello-world. If the install is good you should see the following output.
That's it, leave a comment below if this worked for you or not.
Working fine. Thanks
Thanks for this guide, works exactly as described.
Thank you from Windows 7 user.
Works as described, thank you!
Works for me. Windows 7
Thanks, pretty helpful!!
working.thanks
Thanks you it works greatly appreciate your help
Bonjour le mien n’a pas fonctionné
que faire?
j’ai un message d’erreur
Working :):):)
it still works, win7
Not working for windows 7 x86 🙁
Thanks for the guide, it worked great!
working mate !! thanks for this
I had two problems: #1 my user is not an admin, so I would appreciate, if you’d mention it
#2 git was installed before and so the shortcut had the wrong path variable for git.
Beside this it’s a very practically help – thank you
Merci ça marche apprécie grandement votre aide
N.B. demande d’installer d’autre sous composants “oracle” pendant l’installe. répondre OK pour tous et ça passe.
Yes, it worked. Thanks
working, thanks
Thank you from Windows 7 user.
Hello, I got the error below after type docker login my_url -u my_username -p my_passworrd
WARNING! Using –password via the CLI is insecure. Use –password-stdin.
error getting credentials – err: exec: “docker-credential-desktop”: executable f
ile not found in %PATH%, out: “
Do you have idea what is happening?
When I use the same command in Windows 10 It works fine.
Looks like Docker is not added to your PATH. You must not have clicked the “Add Docker binaries to PATH” During the install process
It works. Thanks 🙂
Hi. I’m using windows 7. I run these steps. The terminal throws no error but as soon as it says “docker is up and running”, the whale doesn’t appear and the bash does not show up.
Hello.
I’ve Installed DockerToolbox without VirtualBox (it was already installed on my computer). Docker Quickstart Terminal runs successfully, but containers with my system do not installed properly. I’ve tried to install DockerToolbox again with VirtualBox. After that Docker Quickstart Terminal runs with error, that says something about VboxSOS… Then I uninstalled my VirtualBox and DockerToolbox. And Installed DockerToolbox with VirtualBox. Now Docker Quickstart Terminal say “open C:\Users\Alena\.docker\machine\machines\default\config.json: The system cannot find the file specified.
Looks like something went wrong in step ?Checking status on default?… Press any key to continue..”
What can I do to fix this error?
Thanks
The problem was solved after uninstalling DockerToolbox and new install.
Great!
Thank you very much!!!!!
Hello guys.
I checked my BIOS and saw that the virtualization technology toggling is locked and i don’t know how to unlock it to enable virtualization technology.
Please help what else can I do?? I use a toshiba pc with windows 7.
Please email me as soon as possible. HELP
You should check the documentation for your model of Toshiba PC.
Check the security tab in the bios settings
You will find enable virtual technology as radio button option
thanks . it worked
Working 🙂
Thank you
Here is a good explanation about how to install docker on windows platform also link is provided for downloading dockertoolbox.exe
it worked as said.
Thank you webme.
Great post! It helped me a lot. Work like a charm. Thank you!
I am getting the below error after the command: docker run hello-world
Unable to find image ‘hello-world:latest’ locally
Error response from daemon: Get http
s://registry-1.docker.io/v2/: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority.
See ‘docker.exe run –help’.
Works for me. Windows 7. thank u very much!!!!!
It also works for me.
i am getting following error in windows 7.
looks like something went wrong in step ‘Checking if machine default exists’
It works perfectly. I’m so thankful that you have given a tutorial for Windows 7.
Thanks working in windows 7
Quickstart doesn’t start a console in Windows 7, start.sh is not runnable 🙁
Looks like something went wrong in step ´Looking for vboxmanage.exe´… Press any key to continue…
and vboxmange.exe is in the PATH !!!! the script is bad
I resolved with
Make sure you have VBOX_INSTALL_PATH (should point to VirtualBox installation folder. i.e. C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox)
Make sure you have VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH (should point to VirtualBox installation folder. i.e. *C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox*)
Make sure you have VBOX_USER_HOME (e.g. C:\Users\Sara.VirtualBox)
Make sure you have DOCKER_TOOLBOX_INSTALL_PATH in your User variables (i.e. C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox)
and if you have error for hyper-v enabled and your Bios is OLd
in start.sh replace for
“${DOCKER_MACHINE}” create -virtualbox-no-vtx-check $PROXY_ENV “${VM}”
An run,….
C:\Users\your_user_name\.VirtualBox
Docker Toolbox relies on Boot2docker ( https://github.com/docker/toolbox/blob/master/Dockerfile.windows#L53 ) which is deprecated since May 22 2020 : https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/commit/0774cfcdf4dc784104990796e1c62e36c807ef61
I would recommend using “Docker inside Vagrant machine” approach as described for example in this article: https://medium.com/faun/hey-docker-why-you-hate-windows-so-much-de7a7aa4dd7
This download link isn’t working anymore… and I would really need that (or anything actually) to run Docker on my Windows 7.
2021 still working! Only you need to download toolbox from here https://github.com/docker/toolbox/releases
Thanks a lot!
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