Port required by Docker Desktop 4 Windows

Docker Desktop
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Hello

I am using Docker Desktop on Mac usually, but now there is requirement to run Docker Desktop on Windows.

I have an application running on Windows Server 2022, which uses TCP/UDP ports around 50000 and 60000 (e.g. 64397, 64398, 64399 and 54397).

I have installed Docker Desktop for Windows and it seems that I am getting in port conflicts but I cannot find information about ports used by Docker Desktop for Windows.

Can somebody tell me?

Thanks in advance.

Dietmar

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Why do you think you have a port conlict caused by Docker Desktop? Can you share the error message? I don’t think Docker Desktop would use any port. It uses sockets and pipes in case of Windows containers. It uses ports when you forward a port to a container.

By the way I never understood why so many users try to install Docker Desktop on a Windows server. I also never tried on a Windows server to see how it is different compared to Windows 11, but it is not officially supported to install Docker Desktop on a Windows Server as Docker Desktop is for development.

If you want Linux containers on a Windos server, you can run a virtual machine and install Docker in the VM or folllow Microsoft’s guide to use Windows containers on Windows including Windows Server

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I am thinking that Docker Desktop caused the conflict, because after I had installed Docker Desktop other previously installed applications reported port conflicts after being restarted.

But … I see.

Thanks anyway and sorry for bothering.

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No problem. I don’t know about any port that Docker Desktop would use, but you can try running the following powershell command as Administrator:

Get-NetTcpConnection

It will show the used ports and the process id of the owning process in the last column. Then you can find the process name in the task manager, but I am sure there is a power shell command that can do that too.