Questions tagged [windows]
Windows is the brand name for a series of operating systems from Microsoft. Use this tag to describe questions about DevOps tools and practices on the Windows Operating System.
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Linux Cloud/Windows On Prem Deployments
I have sort of a unique problem where I have a cloud deployment (linux) that needs to be ported to an on-premise deployment (windows).
The constraint is that this is medical software and hospitals ...
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Is using a Docker to isolate production environment is the correct approach?
I’m new to containers.
We have a Win10 Pro server. There are bunch of applications installed on it and a lot of garbage. In addition, the server has our production application (windows based) that ...
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How do I supply a professional license to a Docker image?
I’m using Windows Server Core as part of an image I’m working on. When it's deployed to production, how do I supply a license to it?
Besides that, is this license needed to be bought for each image it'...
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Execute powershell on cifs share, Jenkinsfile on Windows agent
I am struggling with executing a powershell script with environment variables within a Jenkinsfile on a cifs/smb/samba share as a customworkspace.
The Jenkins Agent is running on a Windows 10 VM
This ...
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Docker compose volumes where can be found on host windows
I have docker-compose file with volumes section for given container:
video-streaming:
image: video-streaming
build:
context: ./video-streaming
dockerfile: Dockerfile-dev
container_name: video-...
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Updating strategy for a single executable on a file server
We use a Windows file server to store a program. The users (Windows) have a link to the file. If we want to update this program, we have to wait for the regular closing time. But sometimes a user does ...
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windows.win_shell not running as currently logged-in user
I am working on a playbook that is meant to upgrade software on a Windows machine. I would like to prompt any currently logged in users to cancel the upgrade if it is not a good time. I have the ...
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WSL2 is broken after minikube was installed
After I finished the completed guide of minikube installation on my WSL2. I'm getting the following error message when I try to open a new terminal /usr/sbin/enter-systemd-namespace: line 10: /usr/...
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While pulling windows docker image from private registry, Docker trying to download some layers from internet
I created a Windows based docker image (asp.net web project) and pushed it to my private image registry.
when i pull the image from another windows server (offline and there is not a proxy), i'm ...
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Have to log in as administrator then log back in as non-admin user to run Docker Desktop?
When I haven't opened Docker Desktop on my machine yet, and I try to Run it As Administrator on a non-admin account, nothing will happen. So, I have to log out of the non-admin account and into the ...
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Windows Based Docker Images
I am in the middle of testing this: https://github.com/docker-archive/communitytools-image2docker-win, converting a VHD to a Docker Image. But based on what I am reading, it will only install ...
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How to containerise developement of GUI apps (C++, C#)
I'm looking for a solution to virtualise the environment for the development of C++/C# Windows apps that have a UI that display live video.
The apps needs to run native on the local machine during ...
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Signing certificate inside a docker container?
I have a certificate stored in the Windows certificate store. I've written a .NET 6 application which accesses this certificate (with it's private key) to sign something.
Outside of the container, the ...
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After launching from AMI, how to make the AWS Instance to be able to retrieve metadata?
I have a Windows Server 2016 instance and I created a snapshot of it. And then I deleted the instance. Now, when I create AMI from that snapshot and launch instance from that AMI, I cannot decrypt the ...
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Parallel testing Desktop Win Ui 3 application delivered as .msix?
I'm looking for best solution to perform Appium (Windows application driver) UI Tests on WinUI3 Application in parallel.
UI tests take control over mouse, so it's impossible to test more that one ...
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Сontrol Windows-containers from Ansible directly through "docker" connection-plugin
Is it possible to control Windows-containers from Ansible with "docker" connection-plugin? I.e. with ansible_connection=docker in inventory-file?
My current environment:
Running dockerd -H ...
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DNS resolution fails when container is started via docker-compose
I recently decided to try out windows containers and i am using my private minecraft server for that purpose (as a hobby project).
I have an image prepared, based on Windows Server Core 2022.
When i ...
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How to prompt when win_service service exists?
I'm trying to figure out the steps needed to get when or other conditionals to react when service is present on hosts targeted on my task.
With this I get report that service is on one of the nodes ...
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What is the difference between CMD and terminal in Windows machine?
While using the Windows machine we face soo much trouble running the command line scripts on CMD(command prompt). Few commands run successfully but some are not. Why is there any difference between ...
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windows docker location of file env.conf
I found that on linux you can configure some settings inside file:
/etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/env.conf .
I am wondering where I can find it in windows wsl?- purpose is to set those two ...
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Failed to start windows service with Start Parameter in golang
I've tried to create a executable as a windows service using golang based on example provided in https://github.com/golang/sys/tree/master/windows/svc/example
I intended to create auto start service ...
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Postgres initdb does nothing on Windows 2019?
I'm using Ansible to install Postgres 13 on a Windows 2019 machine. I downloaded the binaries from here and unzipped it to C:\PostgreSQL\13\pgsql, and added the path to the system path, all via ...
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How to mitigate issues in an IIS on-prem application calling an unreliable cloud vendor API?
We have an IIS 10 (Windows Server) on-prem application that is calling a cloud vendor api and for some reason the api is not reliable. Sometimes the application returns results as expected. Sometimes ...
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Trying to understand sample windows 10 packer template at https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows
I am a beginner to Packer. I am using a template found at https://github.com/StefanScherer/packer-windows for Windows 10, and have been able to create a virtual machine in Hyper-V using the template ...
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Azure Release Pipeline Fails Using Expand-Archive Command
Sometime in the last week, our pipeline started using Expand-Archive to open the .zip file during the "IIS Web App Deployment" step instead of 7-Zip. It does not appear that this was done by ...
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Jenkins Slaves cannot connect to the Master Jenkins
I switched the Jenkins to using https on port 8080 . After a restart of the Jenkins,the slaves cannot reconnect.
I changed only Jenkins location from Configure System -> Jenkins Location -> ...
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Build Windows image for openstack with packer
I am trying to build Windows image for Openstack with packer, but i don't know how to add the autounattend.xml file or floppy files.
I build the image with success from qemu but I cannot find the same ...
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Elasticsearch on Docker - file permission issues
I am trying to test LDAP in elasticsearch/kibana by running it in Docker on Windows 10.
I pulled the image down:
docker pull docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.10.0
And ran it:
docker ...
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Can't change Windows Docker storage location (The parameter is incorrect)
I'm trying to move the Docker storage location to another drive. This is my configuration file:
{
"registry-mirrors": [],
"insecure-registries": [],
"debug": false,
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Is running linux container on windows aws instance possible?
what I'm trying to achieve is running a Linux(ubuntu LST) container inside a windows server 2019 OS.
The problem is that the windows OS runs as an AWS instance.
There have been problem for me trying ...
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The ansible_local var is not being populated when using the setup module to gather custom facts on windows
The ansible_local var is not being populated when using the setup module to gather custom facts on windows.
Playbook:
---
- name: Testing and Debug PB
hosts: all
tasks:
- name: Gather Facts
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Combining Two Containers
I'm working on a Windows laptop and running Docker for Windows on it. I want to run an Ubuntu container with a specific version and a MySQL server on it. So the question is, do I have to download ...
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WIndows or Ubuntu server when developing on windows? [closed]
I am developing a MEAN app a windows laptop. Should I use Ubuntu or windows server on my cloud provider? Are there downsides of choosing one over the other?
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Remote connection from Docker container by FTP
I built my docker image and run it:
docker run --rm -P -d test:latest
Then I entered the command and opened connection:
ftp
open XXX
I successfully connected and entered user data. After that I ...
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vagrant on windows 10 incorrect network configuration on multi-machine setup
I have a problem with vagrant that is running on windows 10 when I deploy centos 8 machines all the machines have eth0 with the same Ip and they cannot communicate with each other
the ip 10.0.2.15 ...
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How do I package a jar and a Linux VM to run in Windows? [closed]
I'm new to DevOps so please forgive my ignorance. I have inherited a Win10 Java app that is currently run by pressing play in NetBeans. It makes API calls to a server running in a Linux VM.
What I'd ...
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windows 10 vs windows server 2016 as jenkins slave
The builds are running locally in my Windows 10 OS successfully. Can I run the same builds in Jenkins slave with Windows Server 2016? Will there be any issues during the build or should I go for ...
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I'm trying to run `vagrant provision` on PowerShell Window for Ansible playbook
Here is what it replies:
Windows is not officially supported for the Ansible Control Machine.
Please check https://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html#control-machine-requirements
What should I ...
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Jenkins Plugin Install Failed
I am trying to set up new Jenkins. When I download Suggested Plugins OR try to install any plugin I am getting below error.
I am using Jenkins Latest Version 2.204.1. I have set up this on VM. I am ...
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No Kubernetes Option in Docker Desktop for Windows
Just getting started on Docker and after installing Docker Desktop on a Windows 10 Pro machine, the option to enable Kubernetes is missing from the context menu when using Windows containers. See the ...
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What about installing an Antivirus on Windows K8s nodes?
We're building an on-premise Kubernetes cluster with Windows nodes. As a company policy, all Windows Servers needs an antivirus (symantec endpoint security).
The antivirus would be installed on the ...
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Pulling windows base images fails
I tried pulling the windows/nanoserver image.
After that failed I looked around and found this site
Every one of them fails with the same error message
#docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows/...
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Dev environment for legacy Visual Studio code?
I work at a small company that has several legacy projects that all require different versions of visual studio to run. The company has servers on site and I have a small cloud budget. I want to set ...
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Kubernetes installation, configuration and verification in a local environment
I am a regular user of Docker since a few years and I have the Docker service installed and running locally on my Win10Pro host. It works well. Now I want to get started with Kubernetes so I used the ...
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Why does my Docker composer not work with volume?
I'm trying to create a volume to be shared among the containers, and this volume binds to a location of my host, the problem is that every time I run the docker-compose up gives the following error:
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How to get 'diff' on Windows TravisCI machines?
Attempt was choco install git -y, but it does not seem to be available:
The command "diff -u <(echo -n) <(gofmt -d ./)" exited with 2.
diff: /dev/fd/62: No such file or directory
Windows ...
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Issue building deb package using Docker/Windows
I am trying to create a way for our developers to be able to build deb packages from their Windows machines. We would like to reuse what we have for *nix so I've written a few batch scripts which are ...
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Trying to migrate CI/CD process from Jenkins to Gitlab Runner + Docker on Windows
I need to improve the CI process of my projects, which is basically composed of the following things:
a Linux server, that contains a Jenkins master
a VM with Windows 10, with a Jenkins slave, ...
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Cross-CI on Windows and Mac
I am deploying CI with several runners - however they are all based on the Docker executor on Linux. Is it possible to use Linux runners to test applications on Windows or Mac instead?
I understand I ...
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Unable to run the playbook in remote machine using Ansible job template. Connection Failed
Playbook.yml
---
- name: connectionTest
hosts: Windows
tasks:
- name: "Windows Connect"
win_command: hostname
register: wincmd_out
Variable declared in Inventories Project/inventories/...
