Install Sandbox on Windows 7

Post by Prabhakaran258 on Dec 28, 2020

Hi, can someone suggest me a document or steps to get sandbox activated and running on Windows 7?

Thanks in advance.

Post by ryanRfox on Dec 28, 2020

Welcome @Prabhakaran258 glad you are here building!

Please have a look at these Windows instructions for requirements (git and docker), installation and usage:

Post by Prabhakaran258 on Dec 28, 2020

Thanks for the response @ryanRfox, I followed that above github guide as you suggest and following docker document, but it doesn’t provide documentation for Windows 7, it gives only for Windows 10.

https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/
So my doubt is “Is this possible we can get sandbox activated and running on Windows 7?”

Post by fabrice on Dec 28, 2020

As Windows 7 is no more supported by Docker, the simplest solution may be to use an Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox for example.

You may also want to check https://superuser.com/questions/1163594/how-to-install-docker-on-windows-7-machine but it is likely that you will face many issues.

Note also that since Windows 7 is not supported by Microsoft, it is no more recommended to use it (and actually can lead to serious security issues): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-7-end-of-life-support-information, https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/01/14/windows-7-crazy-high-security-risk-as-crypto-exploit-found-in-audio-files/

Post by Prabhakaran258 on Dec 29, 2020

Thanks for the response @fabrice