Errors on Windows 10 Home

Owned by Selvyn Wright
Last updated: Mar 21, 2019
1 min read

MS Surface Pro current version of Windows


Because Windows 10 Home uses Docker Toolbox, special attention needs to be given to the configuration.

  1. Update to the latest version of Docker Toolbox, and Oracle Virtual Box
  2. The creation of the VM (VirtualBox default) sometimes does not complete, e.g. certificates my not b created, or invalid VM state.  I have found that this occurs if you have run docker-machine from a CMD or PowerShell window (same problem in Admin mode)
    1. Solution, run docker-machine create -d virtualbox default from the git bash that came with ToolBox.  The problem is more related to OpenSSH.  I already have OpenSSH installed in my C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH, this seems to be incompatible with the current version of Docker.  I would suggest you ensure that the git OpenSSH comes before the Windows one on your PATH.  After further research I found setting the PATH order does not help as SSH is not a command executable in git  bash, it is a script that is made available whenever the git bash is run.
    2. Final Solution, perform docker-machine commands from git bash.  After starting docker-machine, perform a docker-machine env, ensure the environment variables are still correct.  Once docker-machine has been started correctly PowerShell and CMD can be used.