What is the Windows Base Image, "microsoft/windowsservercore"?

If you want to build any Docker images for Windows platform, you should take a look at the Windows base image first.

1. Search for Windows related images:

C:\fyicenter> docker search windows

microsoft/windowsservercore         The official Windows Server Core base image     653
microsoft/windowsservercore-insider The official Windows Server Core insider bas…   30
dockcross/windows-x64               64-bit Windows cross-compiler based on MXE/M…   9
cloudfoundry/windows2016fs                                                          4
coderobin/windows-sdk-10.1          Windows SDK 10.1 for Windows Container (base…   3
dockcross/windows-x86               32-bit Windows cross-compiler based on MXE/M…   3
surazzarus/windows7-starter                                                         3
dockcross/windows-static-x64                                                        1
dockcross/windows-static-x86                                                        0
...

2. Pull the microsoft/windowsservercore image:

C:\fyicenter> docker pull microsoft/windowsservercore

Using default tag: latest
Error response from daemon: manifest for microsoft/windowsservercore:latest
not found: manifest unknown: manifest unknown

So, the official Windows base image does not have a "latest" build in the Docker hub. See next tutorial on how to resolve the issue.

⇒ "microsoft/windowsservercore:latest not found" Error

⇐ Building Docker Images for Windows

⇑ Building Docker Images for Windows

⇑⇑ Docker Container Platform - Tutorials