Doctor wont start after install

[stuartcornes]

Just tried to install doctor on a AWS windows 2012 server.

Have tried to uninstall/restart etc. but getting the below message:

System.InvalidOperationException:
job failed with message: 'DockerDesktopVM' failed to start. (Virtual machine ID DAD5622D-EB63-41E4-8A2C-D955DA8E9CFF)

The Virtual Machine Management Service failed to start the virtual machine 'DockerDesktopVM' because one of the Hyper-V components is not running (Virtual machine ID DAD5622D-EB63-41E4-8A2C-D955DA8E9CFF).
   at Docker.Backend.HyperVInfrastructure.HandleUpdatedJob(CIMConcreteJob updatedJob) in C:\workspaces\main-merge\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\HyperV\HyperVInfrastructure.cs:line 780
   at Docker.Backend.HyperVInfrastructure.<HandleMaybeAsyncJob>d__40.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\main-merge\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\HyperV\HyperVInfrastructure.cs:line 714
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Docker.Backend.HyperVInfrastructure.<StartVMAsync>d__32.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\main-merge\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\HyperV\HyperVInfrastructure.cs:line 554
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Docker.Backend.HyperV.<StartAsync>d__6.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\main-merge\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\HyperV\HyperV.cs:line 105
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Docker.Backend.HttpAPI.HyperVController.<StartAsync>d__7.MoveNext() in C:\workspaces\main-merge\src\github.com\docker\pinata\win\src\Docker.Backend\HttpAPI\HyperVController.cs:line 49
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.TaskHelpersExtensions.<CastToObject>d__1`1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ApiControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionAsyncCore>d__1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ActionFilterResult.<ExecuteAsync>d__5.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.<SendAsync>d__15.MoveNext()

[rimelek (Ákos Takács)]

@stuartcornes

Just tried to install doctor on a AWS

Doctor who? I guess it was a typo, but if I think about it, Docker is like a doctor sometimes

I moved the topic from the Docker Hub category to Docker Desktop for Windows, since you don’t have a problem with Docker Hub. I also edited your post to use code block. Please, format your post according to the below instructions next time:

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Back to the question:

Docker Desktop is not for Windows Server, especially not for Windows Server 2012. Even if it could work, you would need “Nested virtualization” since Docker Desktop creates a virtual machine. Here is a good summary from @vrapolinario about what you could do

License on Windows

Jus to add to @rimelek info: Windows Server can run Windows containers. However, you can’t run Docker Desktop. Instead, you can run Docker CE (community supported, includes CLI), Mirantis Container runtime (commercial use, requires a MCR license), or ContainerD (community supported, does not include CLI). Microsoft has created scripts to install both Docker CE (aka Moby) and ContainerD. The scripts will install everything you need to get it working, but keep in mind that the containerD one also…

Note that you need at least Windows Server 2016

Windows container requirements

If you want to run Linux containers, you need at least a virtual machine. There is no other way.