[BUG] Unable to run via Docker

[saibhaskerraju]

Describe the bug

Unable to run via Docker

Expected behavior

As per instructions mentioned here : https://github.com/microsoft/mcp/blob/main/servers/Azure.Mcp.Server/README.md

I should be able to run Azure MCP locally in docker

Actual behavior

error running in docker

docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: error during container init: exec: "./azmcp": permission denied: unknown
2025-10-04 19:25:15.593 [warning] [server stderr] 
2025-10-04 19:25:15.593 [warning] [server stderr] Run 'docker run --help' for more information
2025-10-04 19:25:15.599 [info] Connection state: Error Process exited with code 126

Reproduction Steps

Steps to reproduce

• In VS Code, add a new MCP server as shown below

{
	"servers": {
		"Azure MCP Server": {
			"command": "docker",
			"args": [
				"run",
				"-i",
				"--rm",
				"--env-file",
				".env",
				"mcr.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/azure-mcp:latest"
			]
		}
	}
}

• Start the server
• The .env has the below format

AZURE_CLIENT_ID=xxx
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=xxx
AZURE_TENANT_ID=xxx
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=xxx

Environment

Client:
Version: 28.4.0
API version: 1.51
Go version: go1.24.7
Built: Wed Sep 3 20:59:40 2025
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.46.0 (204649)
Engine:
Version: 28.4.0
API version: 1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.24.7
Built: Wed Sep 3 20:57:37 2025
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false

[joshfree]

Thanks for trying out the Azure MCP Server docker image, @saibhaskerraju! @conniey can you please help investigate this bug and also improve the docker instructions to clarify any changes, if needed?