Remote Windows Docker Desktop

Prerequisites

Install

• Docker Desktop

Setup

On the remote Windows machine:

1. In Docker, Settings → General:
   • Check Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS
   • Click Apply & Restart

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Using ssh

Prerequisites

• local machine has an installed SSH key

  ssh-add -l

Configure

On the remote Windows machine, in Administrator PowerShell:

1. Enable SSH:

   Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0 ; Get-Service sshd | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
   

2. Start SSH Service:

   Start-Service sshd
   

On local machine, in terminal:

1. Install local key on remote host:

   ssh-copy-id <user>@<windows-host>
   

2. Test connection:

   docker -H ssh://<user>@<windows-host> info
   

3. Set DOCKER_HOST:

   export DOCKER_HOST=ssh://<user>@<windows-host>
   

4. Retest connection:

   docker info
   

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Using ngrok

Prerequisite

• ngrok
  • install via chocolatey: choco install ngrok
  • configure

Tunnel

On the remote Windows machine:

1. In PowerShell,
   • ngrok tcp 2375