windows server images

[miahwk]

Which is the windows container image?
Does look like docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:2.1-nanoserver-1803?
If use the 2.1 tag,it is the linux image.


What is the different between them? Such as tag 2.1. I just want to use windows image. Could someone help me?

[MichaelSimons]

@miahwk - The 2.1 tag is a multi-platform tag. That means the tag references multiple images. When you pull the tag, you will get an image that matches your platform. If you are getting a linux image that implies to me that you are pulling the tag from a linux container environment. Windows tags can only be pulled from a Windows container environment. See this link on how to switch environments on Windows. You can run docker info to see what you container mode is set to via the OSType property.

[MichaelSimons]

Closing per previous response.

[miahwk]

@MichaelSimons Thank you. So you meas if use 2.1 tag, it will match the container OSType?

[MichaelSimons]

No - If you use multi-arch tags, the container OS will be compatible with your host OS. By this I mean the architecture will be compatible, the OS type (Linux/Windows) will match and for Windows, the OS version will be compatible with the host.

[miahwk]

@MichaelSimons I got it. Thank you for your help. :)