Docker on Windows 7 with VMware Workstation

Install docker

choco install -y docker

Install docker-machine for VMware Workstation

choco install -y docker-machine-vmwareworkstation

Create docker-machine

docker-machine create -d vmwareworkstation learn

To list all available docker machines, use docker-machine ls.

Start docker-machine

Before you start using docker, you need to set the necessary environment variables which you could get from the command docker-machine env learn.

To start the docker machine, use the command docker-machine start learn

Stop docker-machine

To stop the docker machine, use the command docker-machine stop learn