Setup-Azure.md

Setup - Azure

This chapter explores setting up a Windows environment to properly use Windows containers on Microsoft Azure.

Windows Server 2016 on Azure

Microsoft Azure has a pre-baked VM image with Docker engine and base images pre-loaded. To get started (requires Azure account):

1. Create a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter - with Containers VM. This VM image has Docker pre-installed and the Windows base layers pre-loaded.
2. Select "Classic" deployment model and hit "Create"
3. Input setup parameters
   • Default settings are good
   • Creating a new resource group is fine
   • DS2_V2 instance type has good performance for development and testing
4. Check the Summary and hit "OK". Setup will take a couple of minutes
5. Once the VM is running, select "Connect" to open a remote desktop connection. If using macOS, get the free Remote Desktop app in the Mac App Store
6. Login with the username and password configured during setup
7. Start PowerShell
8. Start-Service docker
9. Check that Docker is running with docker version

Next Steps

See the Microsoft documentation for more comprehensive instructions.

Continue to Step 2: Getting Started with Windows Containers