How to install Docker on Windows 10/11 (step by step)
With Docker being part of our daily development work, it is no wonder that more and more people install it on their computers. In this tutorial, we will take a look at installing Docker on Windows 10 or Windows 11.
Published in
5 min readMay 23, 2022
Step 1: Downloading Docker
The first place to start is the official Docker website from where we can download Docker Desktop.
Please note that Docker Desktop is intended only for Windows 10/11 and not for Windows Server.
So let’s open the downloaded installer and begin the installation.
Step 2: Configuration
To run Linux on Windows, Docker requires a virtualization engine. Docker recommends using WSL 2.
