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by bendtherules 3918 days ago
But how can they run windows images on top of docker?

I was looking for something like that, but didnt think it was possible.
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andymurd 3917 days ago
Some googling reveals that Docker should be able to run a Windows VM on a Linux host but I have no experience of this.

I would talk with the wercker guys about your requirements. They have a Slack channel and are very approachable.

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bendtherules 3917 days ago
Can you give a link to where you get that information from?

All the places I read are talking about Linux and Windows containers on a Windows machine, but not windows containers on linux machine.

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andymurd 3917 days ago
After further digging, I think you are correct (for now).

However that looks likely to change soon, as Microsoft certainly seems to drink the microservices kool-aid and want to mix and match Linux and Windows across hosts and tenants[1]. The Windows workloads will need to be architected specifically for containerisation.

[1] http://thenewstack.io/the-windows-and-linux-container-era-is...

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