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docker-machine test environment

Run a Windows 10 VM to test docker-machine and nested boot2docker Linux VM's and Linux containers.

Create environment

Adjust the versions in the Vagrantfile for the Windows VM to be used, VMware Workstation, docker-machine and the docker CLI. Then run

vagrant up

Test to create a Docker machine

Now inside the VM - either with vagrant rdp or just using the desktop of the visible VM.

First you have to enter a valid VMware Workstation license or start the 30 days trial.

Then open a PowerShell terminal ( Win+ R and enter powershell ).

Then run this command and specify the version of the boot2docker URL.

docker-machine -D create -d vmwareworkstation --vmwareworkstation-boot2docker-url=https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/download/v18.06.1-ce/boot2docker.iso test

During the creation you can see the boot2docker VM by opening the vmx file:

start C:\Users\vagrant\.docker\machine\machines\test\test.vmx

If that works try if the shared folder is mounted in the boot2docker VM:

docker-machine ssh test ls /Users

If that also works try to run a container with a shared folder mounted:

docker-machine env test | iex
docker run --rm -v /Users:/Users alpine ls /Users

If that also works you found a working combination.

To try another boot2docker version destroy the current docker machine:

docker-machine rm -f test

Current status

This combination works fine

  • docker-machine 0.13.0 with vmwareworkstation driver
  • boot2docker 18.06.1

Windows has two third-party docker-machine drivers: vmwareworkstation and vmware.

shared folder status docker-machine version driver used boot2docker
✅ 0.13.0 vmwareworkstation 18.06.1
✅ 0.16.0 vmwareworkstation 18.06.1
❌ 0.13.0 vmware 18.06.1
❌ 0.16.0 vmware 18.06.1

Here is a combination that does not work:

choco install -y docker-machine -version 0.16.0 -force
docker-machine -D create -d vmware --vmware-boot2docker-url=https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/download/v18.06.1-ce/boot2docker.iso test
docker-machine ssh test ls /Users

This is the same behaviour as with the vmwarefusion driver on macOS. The code base for the vmware driver is probably very similar.

See also