Enable docker API : http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2014/07/quick-tip-how-to-enable-docker-remote-api.html http://blog.inovia-conseil.fr/?p=215 Execute this command to retrieve the list of images : " curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http://127.0.0.1/images/json" Another tutorial : https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/opensourcemsft/2015/09/26/step-by-step-set-up-docker-on-azure-connect-to-nginx-container-from-windows/ Launch the DOCKER : sudo docker daemon -H=0.0.0.0:2375 & Client : docker -H tcp://simpleidserver.cloudapp.net:2375 images View all the images : http://simpleidserver.cloudapp.net:2375/images/json