Is it possible to dockerize Internet Explorer?

Question

I want to run multiple Internet Explorer versions on the same machine using Selenium WebDriver with Docker instead of Virtual Machines. Docker runs on entirely Linux, as fa

Answer 1

Still there is no official approach to run IE/EDGE inside docker as "No Windows docker images have GUI, so we cannot test IE11, EDGE."

But,We can install virtual-box and make this happen.

This approach adds extra layer of virtualization[Nesting of virtualization] on the top of docker to make the IE/Edge execution happen and I think in near future it may leads to to performance issue for heavy testing.

If Selenium testing is what you are looking for and don't have heavy load , you can give a try to the approach mentioned in the link.

Youtube - Selenium Windows containers in Docker under Linux

Github - Windows Images

Blogpost - selenium-on-windows-docker-revolution