Instaling Sitecore 10.4 through containers.
If you still prefer containers and are a lucky one working on Windows 11 or another LTSC2022-powered machine, here's a preconfigured 10.4 XP and XM containers archive for you!
Running the below archive(s) for XM/XP is fast and easy:
1. First of all, you need to initialize .env file with the right settings for your desired topology, as below:
.\compose-init.ps1 -Topology "xm1" -LicenseXmlPath c:\Projects\license.xml -IdHost id.sitecore.localhost -CdHost cd.sitecore.localhost -CmHost cm.sitecore.localhost -SitecoreAdminPassword b -SqlSaPassword YourPasswOrdShouldBeStrongToComp1y!!!
2. Once initialized, you can run it, also I recommend to disable IIS (iisreset /stop):
docker-compose up --detach
3. When containers are spun up, run Sitecore:
Start-Process https://cm.sitecore.localhost/sitecore
Enjoy Sitecore 10.4!
About the full installation, you also can read in Brimit blog Getting started with Sitecore 10.4 (brimit.com).