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Configure a Docker Host with VirtualBox | Microsoft Docs
Step-by-step instructions to configure a default Docker instance using Docker Machine and VirtualBox
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Configure a Docker Host with VirtualBox

Overview

This article guides you through configuring a default Docker instance using Docker Machine and VirtualBox. If you’re using the Docker for Windows beta, this configuration is not necessary.

Prerequisites

The following tools need to be installed.

Configuring the Docker client with Windows PowerShell

To configure a Docker client, simply open Windows PowerShell, and perform the following steps:

  1. Create a default docker host instance.

    docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

  2. Verify the default instance is configured and running. (You should see an instance named `default' running.

    docker-machine ls

    docker-machine ls output

  3. Set default as the current host, and configure your shell.

    docker-machine env default | Invoke-Expression

  4. Display the active Docker containers. The list should be empty.

    docker ps

    docker ps output

Note

Each time you reboot your development machine, you’ll need to restart your local docker host. To do this, issue the following command at a command prompt: docker-machine start default.