I can switch between Linux and Windows images using the docker task tray without issue. My question is in regards to the command line. I’ve read and searched the docs but I don’t think I’m looking for the right thing.

Hi, I am having problems with 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…

Hi, I resolved the issue and added the solution to the StackOverflow post mentioned above.

Is it possible to specify the container type? say linux or windows. I am scripting this via a build system which deploys both linux and windows containers depending on my project type.

I took a look at DockerCli, and I’m hoping there’s more interaction possible than what is shown: $ ./DockerCli.exe Usage: DockerCli.exe [-SwitchDaemon] [-Version] -Version: Show the Docker for Windows version information -SwitchDaemon: Point the Docker CLI to either Linux containers or Windows …

You can control which engine you want to switch to with -SwitchLinuxEngine -SwitchWindowsEngine There’s also these… -Start -Stop -SendDiagnostic -ResetToDefault -ResetCredential -DownloadMobyLogs -DownloadVpnKitLogs -MoveVhd -Mount= -Unmount= -Wait= -SetMemory= -SetCpus= -SetDNS= -SetIP= -SetDaem…

Where did you get this information from? I can’t find any documentation anywhere and the current ‘help’ command only prints this: > & 'C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.exe' -h Usage: DockerCli.exe [Command] -h, --help, -Help: Show the help information for this command Doesn’t even print …

I’m looking for this, as well - if anyone could point to the dockercli.exe documentation, I’d really appreciate it!

I went looking again and found my own comment in my search… Seems like this is still not resolved. Did you find anymore info? Or even where to properly submit a bug report?

CLI to switch between linux and windows images

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friism (Michael Friis) March 27, 2017, 7:22am 2

& $Env:ProgramFiles\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.exe -SwitchDaemon

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