I am using Docker for Windows on Windows 10. I run docker-compose to start multiple Linux containers (php, mysql, redis, nginx). My problem is that after a reboot I have to log in to Windows and start the docker gui to get my containers running. Without starting the gui, the containers remain stoppe…

ping @friism … any info about this issue?

This may be an option too: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/data-center/configure-a-hyper-v-vm-for-automatic-startup/ I didn’t test it, but I still think this is a MS hyper-v issue.

Thanks for your suggestion but… a fresh virtual machine is created / destroyed each time docker starts / stops. So this is not an option.

Hey guys Docker for Windows running Linux containers is currently optimized to be a developer tool. It sounds like you’re trying to use it for running apps as services, which is not currently a design use-case. Please correct me if I misunderstood Michael

So is it not possible to run apps as services with docker for windows? Is it really just a developer tool and I MUST use linux server to run apps / containers for production?

You can get Docker to run before user login if you add a Scheduled Task. (This has some security implications if you save a local user’s password.) Hackishly: Create a local account for docker (e.g. run -> “control userpasswords2”) Create a scheduled task that runs as your new user Set it to run “…

.1. You can use docker-machine to create new virtual machine in hyper-v with docker engine onboard. .2. Or you can create new virtual machine in hyper-v manually, ssh there and install docker engine there, run containers inside this new virtual machine. 1 and 2 are actually, the same, but 1 is mac…

is it possible or not to run apps as window services with docker for windows ? did you get the answer of that question if yes please share the answer here THANKS

In my case that is the exact goal; we are an all windows /.net shop and want to use a selenium grid on docker, and we may move mailslurper onto docker as well. Running a non-windows machine (or VM) that then run docker means that that machine needs to be maintained (unlike the docker containers tha…

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christiangruber (Christiangruber) August 10, 2018, 9:26am 16

I had the same issue with Win10 pro running in a VM and Docker 18.06.0-ce.

My solution was to start the service delayed.
-> Services -> Docker for Windows Services -> properties -> Autostart (delayed)

I guess it needs the Hyper-V started before…

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