Setting up a Oracle Virtual Box VM for a Windows Docker Test Server

In this bloggpost I would like to explain how to set up a Docker Server (based on a Windows operating system). I've been researching this because I'm currently working on a project where I'm going to try to port a web application into a container.

To set up the test environment I decided to use the following product "Oracle Virtual Box".

So let's start to set this up...

Open your Virtual Box and create a new VM:

Machine -> New...

After this wizard-driven creation process, the created VM must be modified so that virtualisation technologies can be run on it.

This is only possible via a CLI (PowerShell / CMD).

cd 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\'
.\VBoxManage.exe modifyvm "Docker Test Server" --nested-hw-virt on

Setting up the Server:

Setting up the Login (first boot)....

Checking the Configuration by using "sconfig"...

Setting up Docker...

Install-Module -Name DockerMsftProvider -Repository PSGallery -Force
Install-Package -Name docker -ProviderName DockerMsftProviderInstall

Restarting VM...

Restart-Computer -Force

Checking docker...

docker version

Reference:

https://renenyffenegger.ch/notes/Companies-Products/Oracle/VM-VirtualBox/command-line/PowerShell/unattended-os-installation