Where are docker images and containers stored when we use it with Windows?

Question

NOTE: Am super new to both Windows and Docker

The tutorial I've been using says that they are under /var/lib/docker/containers if we're using Linux, but I can't seem to find that on my Windows machine.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Things might have changed with Windows 10 Anniversary Update. I installed Docker from source here (https://master.dockerproject.org/windows/amd64/docker-1.13.0-dev.zip) as described here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick_start/quick_start_windows_10

Docker puts all of the images in this folder:

C:\ProgramData\docker\windowsfilter 

and all containers in this folder:

C:\ProgramData\docker\containers 

An easy way to check is to execute this:

docker info 

It should tell you where your files are stored:

Containers: 2  Running: 1  Paused: 0  Stopped: 1 Images: 10 Server Version: 1.13.0-dev Storage Driver: windowsfilter  Windows: ... Docker Root Dir: C:\ProgramData\docker Debug Mode (client): false Debug Mode (server): false ... 

Answer 2

Enter docker-machine with

docker-machine ssh  

there you should find your containers.

sudo ls /var/lib/docker/containers