Prerequisites

In order to run the Sitecore XM environment in a docker container, install and verify that you have all the necessary programs.

Powershell 5.1

Powershell 5.1 comes bundled with Windows 10 so you do not have to download and install.

• Verify
  1. In Command Prompt, run powershell
  2. Run $PSversionTable

.NET Core 3.1 or later

• Download and install .Net 3.1 (opens in a new tab)
• Verify
  1. In cmd run dotnet --version

.Net Framework 4.8

• Download and install .Net Framework 4.8 (opens in a new tab)
• Verify
  1. In Powershell run

  (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full").Release -ge 528040
  If it returns true, that means 4.8 is installed. More info on how to determine .Net Framework version (opens in a new tab)

Docker for windows

1. Enable Hyper-V
   1. On Windows search, type "Turn on Windows features on or off"
   2. Enable Hyper-V
2. Download and install docker (opens in a new tab)
3. Run Docker Desktop
4. Switch to windows containers
   1. Open the windows system tray, and right click on Docker Desktop
   2. Click "Switch to windows containers…"

Node.js

1. For node.js, I like to use NVM for windows (opens in a new tab), which will allow you to easily switch node versions
2. To use NVM, uninstall any pre-existing node installations, otherwise there will be conflict
3. Download NVM for windows (opens in a new tab)
4. To use node lts
   1. Install lts: nvm install lts
   2. Switch to lts: nvm use lts
5. Verify
   1. In cmd, npm -v

Sitecore dotnet template

1. Install Sitecore template

dotnet new -i Sitecore.DevEx.Templates --nuget-source https://sitecore.myget.org/F/sc-packages/api/v3/index.json