Default nethermind install fails to start.

[bitstr3am]

Problem description.

Walked through default install, chose nethermind. Start fails. Services.msc shows docker service is running tho.

Here is relevant logs section:

{
killed: false,
code: 1,
signal: null,
cmd: 'docker pull nethermind/nethermind',
stdout: 'Using default tag: latest\n',
stderr: 'error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Post "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/images/create?fromImage=nethermind%2Fnethermind&tag=latest": open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.\n',
innerError: Error: Command failed: docker pull nethermind/nethermind
error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Post "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.24/images/create?fromImage=nethermind%2Fnethermind&tag=latest": open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified.

  at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:406:12)
  at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:394:28)
  at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:475:12)
  at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
  at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)
  at Process.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17) {
killed: false,
code: 1,
signal: null,
cmd: 'docker  pull nethermind/nethermind'

},
level: 'error',
service: 'nice-node-service',
timestamp: '2022-12-17T07:06:11.992Z'
}

For NiceNode developers

{
"platform": "win32",
"platformRelease": "10.0.19045",
"arch": "x64",
"totalMemory": 17087881216,
"niceNodeVersion": "1.5.1-alpha"
}

[jgresham]

@bitstr3am Docker Desktop needs to be running in the background for NiceNode to work. In newer versions of NiceNode, NiceNode will automatically inform the user if Docker stops and auto-start Docker given permission from the user.

thanks for reporting