Tensorflow on Windows

Get tensorflow installed and working on Windows.

Download docker toolbox for windows from https://www.docker.com/products/docker-toolbox
Use default selections, once installed it will create few shortcuts on your desktop.

Click on "Docker Quickstart Terminal" shortcut on desktop

Now press Windows key + R and type cmd, it will open new command terminal. Enter following in terminal

 docker-machine ssh default 

Start docker using below command

 docker run -it b.gcr.io/tensorflow/tensorflow:latest-devel 

If Its first time it will display following error and download it, which takes some time. Unable to find image 'b.gcr.io/tensorflow/tensorflow:latest-devel' locally latest-devel: Pulling from tensorflow/tensorflow

check tensorflow, by typing following

>>> import tensorflow as tf
>>> msg = tf.constant("Hello, World")
>>> sess = tf.Session()
>>> print sess.run(msg)
Hello, World
>>> 

To use windows shared folder with docker

Click "Oracle VM VirtualBox" shortcut on desktop.

Goto Settings-> "Shared Folders"

Click Folder+ Icon

Provide Folder Path, Folder Name, check Automount. e.g. I have folder name as dl_share

Now start docker by mounting share folder dl_share to /home/

docker-machine ssh default
sudo mkdir /win-share
sudo mount -t vboxsf dl_share /win-share
docker run -it -v /win-share:/home b.gcr.io/tensorflow/tensorflow:latest-devel