Building a Docker Environment Completely Offline on Windows 10

Deployed System Environment

OS: Windows 10 (19045.2364, KB5021233 up)

Internet: Fully Offline (Can only be built through package installation.)

Docker: Docker Desktop 4.27.2(137060)

WSL: 2.1.4 up (Manual installation)

To Using Windows Docker:

• No need to install Ubuntu (unnecessary).
• No need to use Hyper-V (deprecated in the new version).
• Using Linux Containers on Windows.

Step 1: Verify Windows Features in Control Panel

Docker has integrated WSL 2, so Hyper-V is no longer required. lol~

Enable “Virtual Machine Platform” and “Windows Subsystem for Linux” in Docker’s New Version.

After enabling, please proceed with a direct reboot.

# Windows PowerShell
1.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform

2.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

3. Check enabled features
- Virtual Machine Platform
- Windows Hypervisor platform
- Windows Subsystem for Linux

4. 
Reboot PC

Step 2: Package installation preparation

1. Download and install WSL 2 from Github Microsoft WSL

2. Download and install Docker Desktop

When installing, just check all options

After installation is complete, please don’t open it!

Step 3: Setting WSL version to 2

# CMD

wsl -v
wsl --set-default-version 2

Step 4: Restart your PC

Step 5: Start Docker

Docker is running now!

Though WSL, some missing elements are visible, but they do not affect usage.

Notice!!

If you have already installed and encountered a failure, please follow the steps below to remove the occupied files.

1. To remove Docker using Add or Remove Programs, Check C:\Program Files\Docker Remove
2. Delete C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Docker
3. Delete C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Docker
4. Reboot PC