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QHarr
QHarr

Reputation: 84465

How to install the windowsservercore image in docker from blob or saved file?

Problem:

I am unable to install the windowsservercore image in docker.

This is similar to that posed here: windowsservercore container image not installing

Set-up:

macOS Sierra with Windows Server 2016 TP5 running inside VirtualBox alongside docker.

Steps taken:

In advance i have successfully run:

Install-WindowsFeature containers
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Containers

I have then run:

docker pull microsoft/windowsservercore

This resulted in a download and a message saying 'Unknown blob'. I don't know where it has downloaded to or what to do with this 'Unknown blob'.

How do i now ensure this is installed as the windowsservercore image for docker to use?

I have:

1) Re-started docker and run docker images which shows no installed images in the repository.

2) Downloaded the image file 'WindowsServerCore-10-0-14300-1000.wim' to C:\Program Files\docker, where i also have the docker and dockerd executables.

Can i install this image file instead? If so, how please?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 11440

Answers (1)

QHarr
QHarr

Reputation: 84465

The solution was to remove the existing docker and dockerd files in the docker folder and then follow exactly the instructions here: build-your-first-docker-windows-server-container. I believe this installed the Windows-native Docker engine directly. This ensured Docker Engine was running as a Windows service.

Archive link for above:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042518/https://www.docker.com/blog/build-your-first-docker-windows-server-container/

Upvotes: 4

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