Docker desktop
Docker desktop provides a straightforward GUI (Graphical User Interface) that lets you manage your containers, applications, and images directly from your machine.
Key features
- Ability to containerise and share any application on any cloud platform, in multiple languages and frameworks.
- Quick installation and setup of a complete Docker development environment.
- Includes the latest version of Kubernetes.
- On Windows, ability to toggle between Linux and Windows containers to build applications.
- Fast and reliable performance with native Windows Hyper-V virtualization.
- Ability to work natively on Linux through WSL 2 on Windows machines.
- Volume mounting for code and data, including file change notifications and easy access to running containers on the localhost network.
Access instructions
- This software is installed in our computer labs.
- For other University managed devices running Windows, you can install this software from the Software Center.
- You'll be asked to confirm you are using the free personal licence for academic purposes, non-commercial research and/or contributions to an open source project; or in direct support of those academic and research purposes.
- Individuals may not use the free licence for business use or commercial research.