Create and Run a Windows Server Container Image on Windows Server

1. Install the Docker runtime with the following command:

   Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/Windows-Containers/Main/helpful_tools/Install-DockerCE/install-docker-ce.ps1" -o install-docker-ce.ps1
   .\install-docker-ce.ps1
   

1. Create a Dockerfile using Visual Studio Code with the following instructions:

   FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022
   RUN powershell.exe -command Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server
   ADD "https://dotnetbinaries.blob.core.windows.net/servicemonitor/2.0.1.10/ServiceMonitor.exe" "C:\\ServiceMonitor.exe"
   WORKDIR c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot
   COPY index.html index.html
   EXPOSE 80
   ENTRYPOINT ["C:\\ServiceMonitor.exe", "w3svc"]
   

2. Create an index.html file in the working directory and include some HTML content in that file, for example:

   <h1>Hello from Docker!</h1>
   

Build your container image using your Dockerfile.

Run your container image.