How to use this images as base image on a windows host

[jkroepke]

Hi,

I would like to know, how I can use this image as base image and build containers on a Windows host system? I would like to run e2e test and docker build on the same machine.

Currently, this images requires buildkit, but buildkit doesn't work on Windows yet.

[jsturtevant]

This image can only be used with HostProcess Containers. It will not work with process isolated containers like windows server core or nano server.

Buildkit does have some early support for windows: microsoft/Windows-Containers#34 (comment).

What e2e tests are you trying to run?

[jkroepke]

What e2e tests are you trying to run?

On my CI, I have 3 three jobs:

Build application, test application, package application. All three steps running on a Windows host.

The application I would like to build is an go application and must run as HostProcess container.

Currently, I'm building typical nanoserver based image with docker build on that same Windows machine where I run the build and test before.

Now, I would like to the change the base image from nanoserver to the host process images, but currently I'm unable to do that on a Windows host.

[jkroepke]

Buildkit does have some early support for windows: microsoft/Windows-Containers#34 (comment).

And there an example action - https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-Containers/pull/497/files

Great, I will test that.

[jkroepke]

Works, thanks

[jkroepke]

FYI: I finally implement this in our CI, however it does not. Windows hccshim throws unknown error on push step