• Introduction
• Requirements
• How To Use Plesk Image
• How To Build Docker Image
• How To Use Plesk Image On AWS EC2

The directory contains a Dockerfile, which helps you to build an image with Plesk for Windows product.

Plesk for Windows as a Docker container is an experimental project. Please use it only for evaluation and testing purposes at your own risk.

• Building an image for Windows must be performed on a server with Windows Server 2019 installed.
• The OS version of the host system and the image version of Windows Server 2019 must be identical to run a container or build a new local image.
• Otherwise, the build procedure or the launch of the container may fail (in particular, there can be a problem with Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installation).

In order to fix it, you need to make sure that the versions match:

cmd.exe /S /C ver Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.1697] 

To check the version of the base OS image, use the following link: https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-windows-servercore

If the OS version is outdated, you need to install all the latest updates.

To create a container based on published image, run the command:

docker run -d -p 8880:8880 --name plesk plesk/plesk-windows 

Use Docker host IP address and 8880 port for URL to open it in the browser. The following command can be used in the terminal:

Start-Process "http://localhost:8880" 

You can start the process of building Docker image with the following command:

docker build --no-cache --build-arg "LICENSE=A00Y00-1KWH10-REFG92-T9JF97-TBXC06" -t plesk/plesk-windows . 

• Choose an Amazon Machine Image for EC2 instance with name "Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Base with Containers".
• Choose an Instance Type t2.large with 8GB RAM and 50-60GB storage size.

After starting the instance, run the command:

docker run -d -p 8880:8880 --name plesk plesk/plesk-windows