Docker-Compose error "Visual Studio Container Tools requires Docker to be running before building, debugging or running a containerized project"

[leadanymind]

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Created a new .NET core project with several web api projects, and a web app project all with docker support.
2. Try to run the generated project docker-compose with F5.
3. Got an error stating

"Visual Studio Container Tools requires Docker to be running before building, debugging or running a containerized project. For more info, please see: http://aka.ms/DockerTollsTroubleshooting

4. Installed the Docker Toolbox and installed all options
5. Ran the toolbox via the docker quickstart terminal application to launch docker
6. Tried to run the project again, and continue to get the same error message.

Here is a stack over flow question I've created and don't seem to be getting any answers. I've tried the suggested information in the SO responses apart from downloading a process hacking applicaiton to check vs environment variables.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45869766/how-to-get-docker-toolbox-to-work-with-net-core-2-0-project/45870338?noredirect=1#comment78702229_45870338

Expected behavior

I expected docker to work after installing the docker toolbox since I'm running Windows 10 Home edition, and that's what the docs suggested to do since Docker for Windows isn't supported on win 10 home?

Actual behavior

repeatedly getting the same error in visual studio, not allowing me to get up and running with Docker in my current project. It doesn't seem to be a code issue, it appears to be a tooling issue.

Additional information (e.g. issue happens only occasionally)

https://github.com/ddeamaral/LetsMusify --source code

Output of docker version

Client:
 Version:      17.06.0-ce
 API version:  1.30
 Go version:   go1.8.3
 Git commit:   02c1d87
 Built:        Fri Jun 23 21:30:30 2017
 OS/Arch:      windows/amd64

Server:
 Version:      17.06.1-ce
 API version:  1.30 (minimum version 1.12)
 Go version:   go1.8.3
 Git commit:   874a737
 Built:        Thu Aug 17 22:54:55 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
 Experimental: false

Output of docker info

Containers: 2
 Running: 0
 Paused: 0
 Stopped: 2
Images: 2
Server Version: 17.06.1-ce
Storage Driver: aufs
 Root Dir: /mnt/sda1/var/lib/docker/aufs
 Backing Filesystem: extfs
 Dirs: 10
 Dirperm1 Supported: true
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
 Volume: local
 Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
 Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 6e23458c129b551d5c9871e5174f6b1b7f6d1170
runc version: 810190ceaa507aa2727d7ae6f4790c76ec150bd2
init version: 949e6fa
Security Options:
 seccomp
  Profile: default
Kernel Version: 4.4.83-boot2docker
Operating System: Boot2Docker 17.06.1-ce (TCL 7.2); HEAD : 80114bc - Fri Aug 18 17:58:04 UTC 2017
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 1
Total Memory: 995.8MiB
Name: default
ID: NFRJ:HKIE:VG3A:Z5VL:3PPN:3DZ4:QUGG:X5YX:LU4Q:2S76:HUAZ:CJPD
Docker Root Dir: /mnt/sda1/var/lib/docker
Debug Mode (client): false
Debug Mode (server): true
 File Descriptors: 16
 Goroutines: 26
 System Time: 2017-08-26T00:08:27.991030674Z
 EventsListeners: 0
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Labels:
 provider=virtualbox
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
 127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false

[MichaelSimons]

Looks like this is an issue related the VS Docker tooling - copied to microsoft/DockerTools#42.

[ANGULARANJEET]

Its got Resolved by Running/ Installing Docker for Windows workload..