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Will Lopez
Will Lopez

Reputation: 2119

docker does not run on windows error

I've installed docker and followed the directions here: https://docs.docker.com/installation/windows/#installation but when I run boot2docker start this happens:

 Trying to get IP one more time
  exit status 255
 Docker client does not run on Windows for now. Please use
     "boot2docker" ssh
  to SSH into the VM instead

Trying boot2docker ssh results in the same 255 error. I tried to get the VM IP with boot2docker IP but that also yielded nothing - I presume because boot2locker wasn't successful in the start process.

A couple of observations...I lloked at the vm settings and there wasn't any network or storage settings specified and the memory allocation in the vm settings didn't match the values in the config (boot2docker config). The boot2docker start/stop commands work.

I'm stumped.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4508

Answers (6)

Leigh
Leigh

Reputation: 11

Its worth noting I had some huge problems trying to run docker on windows. Boot2docker would install OK with VritualBox 4.3.20. I could NOT run boot2docker or docker itself.

It took me ages to figure out that I had uninstall VirtualBox 4.3.20 and use 4.3.12 instead which worked first time like a treat!

So.. for Windows boot2docker only use VirtualBox 4.3.12.

Upvotes: 1

m4sterblaster
m4sterblaster

Reputation: 31

just in case it helps. My problem was because boot2docker's default settings is beyond my laptop's capability (I know). I fixed the problem by changing the properties of boot2docker-vm through the VirtualBox GUI. Soon as I open thr properties I saw a few warnings at the bottom of the dialogue box, so I followed the hint and resolve those warnings, save the setttings and was able to start docker then.

I changed the CPU from 4->1, memory from 2G to 1.5G and video memory to 20M. Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 2

rutsky
rutsky

Reputation: 4120

I observed similar issue. Following steps helped me:

  1. Open VirtualBox GUI.
  2. Remove boot2docker-vm virtual machine.
  3. Start Boot2Docker Start --- it will recreate boot2docker-vm virtual machine.

Upvotes: 3

user3921585
user3921585

Reputation: 21

go to the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, power off boot2docker-vm and start again. It worked for me.

Upvotes: 2

user340535
user340535

Reputation: 683

We had exactly this on someone's machine.

The solution for us was to find the

  • Run the VirtualBox UI (C:\program files\oracle....)
  • locate the VM (at the top)
  • select 'power off'

Once all that was done, boot2docker started correctly again.

In extremis, you could delete the boot2docker-vm image out of virtualbox, and it ought to re-install it.

Upvotes: 2

Larry Cai
Larry Cai

Reputation: 60143

Mostly you didn't enable the "Virtualization" in your BIOS. boot2docker needs to install 64bit OS in Virtualbox.

Upvotes: 1

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