VMWare and Docker on Same Windows 10 PC

Question

I would like to use VMware and Dockers in my Windows 10 machine. Docker requires Hyper-V while VMware is angry about it. How to solve this conflict?

Solution 1

This is now possible after Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Build 19041) with WSL2

• Install WSL 2 Linux Kernal
• Turn on Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature
• Hyper-V, Windows Hypervisor Platform and Windows Sandbox should be turned off
• Restart your PC
• Set Default WSL version to WSL 2 by Running wsl --set-default-version 2 on PowerShell

Now you can use Docker, VMWare, Intel HAXM (For android emulator) at the same time if you want.

Solution 2

VMware and Hyper-V are both a Hypervisor, so each wants to control exclusively the virtualization features of the CPU, resulting in that both cannot be setup on the same computer at the same time.

The only solutions I can see are:

• Install VMware only, then create a Linux VM and run Docker inside, or
• Install VMware together with the older Docker Toolbox on Windows which does not use Hyper-V and so there is no conflict
• Install one or the other, uninstalling the one you are not using at the moment.

Comments

[lx07]

Wait for updated VMware. They are working on it but I can't find a release date to give as an answer.

[Biswapriyo]

Theoretically, this is somewhat similar with this question.

[Ramhound]

@lx07 - VMWare has Q3 FY releases. So we are looking at a good 8 months before that version of VMWare Workstation comes out (unless they have changed in recent years).

[Ramhound]

"How to solve this conflict?" - You don't

[harrymc]

This answer is now outdated, as both products now support nested virtualization.

[Ramhound]

Windows Sandbox conflicts with VMWare. Only Hyper-V and Windows Hypervisor Platform should be enabled. All other features that typically use Hyper-V are not compatible with VMWare and VirtualBox. WSL2 doesn’t even require Hyper-V Only mentioned WSL2 due to numerous incorrect answers that seem to indicate that WSL2 requires it. As for the downvote properly quotation is required

[Ramhound]

@wmeiten - Expecting external solutions to be quoted doesn’t make me the “downvote police”, calling me the “downvote police” isn’t exactly friendly and civil. Expecting external sources to be quoted and cited isn’t unreasonable

[dun]

Virtual Machine Platform gets enabled by Docker itself. However it breaks compatibility with VMWare for me.