Cannot run on Windows

[vmarkovtsev]

<this is emulating a real report>

I run

docker run -d --privileged -p 9432:9432 --name bblfshd bblfsh/bblfshd

and see

docker: Error response from daemon: invalid --privileged: Windows does not support this feature.

[vmarkovtsev]

<emulation ends here>
Windows version: Server 2016
Docker version: https://www.appveyor.com/docs/build-environment/#docker

[juanjux]

Does it work without the parameter? (if so I'll update the docs).

[vmarkovtsev]

Alas!

docker run -d --name bblfshd  -p 9432:9432 bblfsh/bblfshd
Unable to find image 'bblfsh/bblfshd:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from bblfsh/bblfshd
docker: image operating system "linux" cannot be used on this platform.
See 'docker run --help'.

[juanjux]

WTF. So Windows can't use docker images with a Linux inside? (sorry, I'm at a loss here since I only use Windows for gaming).

[dennwc]

Exactly. Docker images for Windows server should be built separately. The only way to run them is via any kind of virtualization.

[smola]

Docker for Windows has the option to run Linux containers. I think it uses Microsoft's virtualization under the hood and you need to start the daemon choosing the Windows or Linux backend.

I would recommend this for Windows users at the moment. In the future, we could check if there is a viable way for us to build Windows containers for drivers by using Windows Subsystem for Linux.