How to run a windows docker container on linux host?

Question

can we run a windows docker container on linux host? also can take a RDP to windows docker container hosted on linux from other windows machines in the same network?

Solution 1

"windows docker": if that means docker for windows, running Windows container, then no.

You could run windows container on Linux the same way you are running Linux Container on windows: through a Virtual Machine emulating the target host.

Update Dec. 2016: Kubernetes 1.5 might offer a solution: see "Linux machine with docker deploy windows container"

Solution 2

Today, it is clearly possible.

I recently succeeded in containerizing Windows Guest using QEMU and Docker.

https://github.com/gnh1201/docker-qemu/wiki/Windows-Guest

Comments

[m3nda]

A docker-compose that handles both qemu and preinstalled isos might be possible. If stefanscherer.github.io/… is true, the opposite can't be impossible.

[VonC]

@erm3nda I agree. I suppose it will be possible one day.

[Nicholas DiPiazza]

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