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System requirements

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Miguel Veloso edited this page Jul 19, 2019 · 5 revisions

Windows

Recommended Hardware requirements for Windows

16Gb of memory RAM - Since Hyper-V is needed for Docker Community Edition (a.k.a. Docker Desktop for Windows/Mac) in order to run the Linux Docker Host and and an SQL Server container and Redis container are also running. An 8Gb RAM machine might be too tight.

To run Hyper-V you also need:

Windows 10 Pro, Education or Enterprise.
64-bit Processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).
CPU support for VM Monitor Mode Extension (VT-c on Intel CPU's).
Virtualization must enabled in BIOS. Typically, virtualization is enabled by default.
- This is different from having Hyper-V enabled.

Software requirements for Windows

Docker Community Edition (aka. Docker for Windows) - Requires Windows 10 Pro 64 bits and Hyper-V enabled.
Latest .NET Core 2.2 SDK from: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download
(Optional) Visual Studio 2017 15.8 or later (Visual Studio 2019 recommended) – Much better for debugging multi-containers apps
(Optional) Visual Studio Code.

If your system is OK with the Docker requirements above, you'll be fine for VS too.

Setting up your development system for Windows

Begin by installing Docker Desktop for Windows following the instructions in https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/.
Continue to the Windows setup wiki page.

Mac

Recommended Hardware requirements for Mac

16Gb of memory RAM - Since you run 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.
Processor with support for MMU virtualization.

Software requirements for Mac

Docker Community Edition (a.k.a. Docker for Mac) - Requires OS X El Capitan 10.11 or newer macOS.
Latest .NET Core 2.2 SDK from: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download
(Optional) Visual Studio for Mac.
(Optional) Visual Studio Code.

Setting up your development system for Mac

Begin by installing Docker Desktop for Mac following the instructions in https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/.
Continue to the Mac setup wiki page.