How to run Docker on Windows 10 Home edition | Windows home run docker
RecentlyIhavebeenwatchingatutorialwhere,inordertofollowit,youneedtohaveDocker[1]runningonyourmachine.Sofar,sogood.ButitturnsoutthatthelatestversionsofDockerrequireWindows10Pro,Enterprise,orEducation.WhichmeansthatifyouarelikemeandhavejustWindows10Homeeditiononyourpersonallaptop,thenyoucannotuseDocker…ormaybeyoustillcan.Readonbelowtofindouthow.?ReasoningFirst,letsdoashortsummaryofthesituation.Whatdowewanttoachieveandwhatdowecurrentlyhave?WehaveWindows10OSHomeeditiononourmachine.Wewouldliketoh...
Recently I have been watching a tutorial where, in order to follow it, you need to have Docker[1] running on your machine. So far, so good.
But it turns out that the latest versions of Docker require Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education. Which means that if you are like me and have just Windows 10 Home edition on your personal laptop, then you cannot use Docker…or maybe you still can.
Read on below to find out how. ?
ReasoningFirst, lets do a short summary of the situation. What do we want to achieve and what do we currently have?
We have Windows 10 OS Home edition on our machine. We would like to have Docker running on the same machine so that we are able to create docker images, run containers, and learn better and grow faster!
The last one is a bit out of the scope of this article, but we should start from somewhere, no? ?.
ActionsAfter defining what we want, lets see how to achieve it. Here are the steps I followed. It worked for me, wh...