00. Dev machine requirements

Windows dev machine

Recommended Hardware requirements:

• 16Gb of memory RAM - Since you need Hyper-V for Docker Community Edition (aka. Docker for Windows/Mac) in order to run the Linux Docker Host and we're also running a SQL Server container and a Redis container. An 8Gb RAM machine might be too tight.

Software requirements for Windows are:

• Docker Community Edition (aka. Docker for Windows) - Requires Windows 10 Pro 64 bits and Hyper-V enabled.
• .NET Core 2.0 SDK
• (Optional) Visual Studio 2017 15.5 or later – Much better for debugging multi-containers apps

The requirements for VS 2017 are: Supported Operating Systems Visual Studio 2017 will install and run on the following operating systems:

• Windows 10 version 1507 or higher: Home, Professional, Education, and Enterprise (LTSB is not supported)
• Windows Server 2016: Standard and Datacenter
• Windows 8.1 (with Update 2919355): Basic, Professional, and Enterprise
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Update 2919355): Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
• Windows 7 SP1 (with latest Windows Updates): Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate

However, the requirements for “Docker for Windows” are more restrictive: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/#download-docker-for-windows

Why is Windows 10 required? Docker for Windows uses Windows Hyper-V. While older Windows versions have Hyper-V, their Hyper-V implementations lack features critical for Docker for Windows to work.

Docker for Windows requires 64bit Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education (1511 November update, Build 10586 or later) and Microsoft Hyper-V.

Mac dev machine

Recommended Hardware requirements:

• 16Gb of memory RAM - Since you a VM in the Mac with the Linux Docker host and we're also running a SQL Server container and a Redis container, 8Gb of RAM might not be enough.

Software requirements for Mac are:

• Docker Community for Mac (aka. Docker for Mac) - Requires OS X El Capitan 10.11 or newer macOS.
• .NET Core 2.0 SDK for Mac
• (Optional) Visual Studio for Mac
• (Optional) Visual Studio Code for Mac

Docker for Mac requires OS X El Capitan 10.11 or newer macOS release running on a 2010 or newer Mac, with Intel’s hardware support for MMU virtualization.