Cannot start the image.

[schultztom]

PS D:\docker\vs-dockerfiles\native-desktop> docker build -t buildtools2017native:latest -m 2GB .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 6.656kB
Step 1/13 : ARG FROM_IMAGE=microsoft/dotnet-framework:3.5-sdk-windowsservercore-1709
Step 2/13 : FROM ${FROM_IMAGE}
3.5-sdk-windowsservercore-1709: Pulling from microsoft/dotnet-framework
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Status: Downloaded newer image for microsoft/dotnet-framework:3.5-sdk-windowsservercore-1709
---> 9b230679c80b
Step 3/13 : SHELL ["cmd", "/S", "/C"]
---> Running in edfec454c5f0
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Step 4/13 : COPY Install.cmd C:\TEMP
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Step 5/13 : ADD https://aka.ms/vscollect.exe C:\TEMP\collect.exe
Downloading [==================================================>] 261.4kB/261.4kB
---> 45ed3c8825e0
Step 6/13 : ADD https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.11.3/node-v8.11.3-x64.msi C:\TEMP\node-install.msi
Downloading [==================================================>] 16.66MB/16.66MB

---> 52cb53698fc7
Step 7/13 : RUN start /wait msiexec.exe /i C:\TEMP\node-install.msi /l*vx "%TEMP%\MSI-node-install.log" /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL
---> Running in 2455d8a27a37
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Step 8/13 : ARG CHANNEL_URL=https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/channel
---> Running in dd46ee660c2a
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Step 9/13 : ADD ${CHANNEL_URL} C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman
Downloading [==================================================>] 71.46kB/71.46kB

---> 9e56c3a8ac4d
Step 10/13 : ADD https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_buildtools.exe C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe
Downloading [==================================================>] 1.262MB/1.262MB

---> 2eead12e5c47
Step 11/13 : RUN C:\TEMP\Install.cmd C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --nocache --channelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman --installChannelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended --installPath C:\BuildTools
---> Running in 6cbc44f9334a
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Step 12/13 : ENTRYPOINT C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat &&
---> Running in 7f3b10836253
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---> 42b49ac16d3c
Step 13/13 : CMD ["powershell.exe", "-NoLogo", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass"]
---> [Warning] Shell-form ENTRYPOINT and exec-form CMD may have unexpected results
---> Running in ab492d7c9f81
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---> 07c424236fe0
Successfully built 07c424236fe0
Successfully tagged buildtools2017native:latest

docker run -v C:\source\ConsoleApplication1:c:\ConsoleApplication1 --name ConsoleApplication1 buildtools2017native msbuild c:\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64
C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\docker.exe: Error response from daemon: container 9a694425f5684f1206923f19a98cd08fbbf43d624f943e55915b24a5b21179fc encountered an error during hcsshim::System::CreateProcess: failure in a Windows system call: The system cannot find the file specified. (0x2)
[Event Detail: Provider: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000]
[Event Detail: Provider: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000]
[Event Detail: vm\compute\management\orchestration\vmhostedcontainer\processmanagement.cpp(168)\vmcomputeagent.exe!00007FF6B6317B25: (caller: 00007FF6B62FA312) Exception(4) tid(120) 80070002 The system cannot find the file specified.
CallContext:[\Bridge_ProcessMessage\ComputeSystemManager_ExecuteProcess\VmHostedContainer_ExecuteProcess]
Provider: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000] extra info: {"CommandLine":""cmd /S /C C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat \u0026\u0026" msbuild c:\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64","WorkingDirectory":"C:\","Environment":{"COMPLUS_NGenProtectedProcess_FeatureEnabled":"0","NUGET_VERSION":"4.4.1","ROSLYN_COMPILER_LOCATION":"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Roslyn"},"CreateStdInPipe":true,"CreateStdOutPipe":true,"CreateStdErrPipe":true,"ConsoleSize":[0,0]}.
PS D:\docker\vs-dockerfiles\native-desktop>

[noc0lour]

It seems that it should be "ENTRYPOINT C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" which you can try by setting --entrypoint C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat on the docker-run commandline

Edit: This actually doesn't work.

[helmesjo]

It's --installPath that's not working. It installs it to the default path regardless (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat).

Also the VsDevCmd.bat doesn't work:

**********************************************************************
** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt vError 0x57: Unknown parameter: path
** Copyright (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation
**********************************************************************

[manu3567]

Replace

vs-dockerfiles/native-desktop/Dockerfile

Line 33 in f632994

ENTRYPOINT C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat &&

and the line following by:
ENTRYPOINT ["C:\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat", "&&", "powershell.exe", "-NoLogo", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass"]

[xmass]

For me it worked to delete the last line containing the CMD ["powershell.exe"...] command. After that I'm able to build projects with the provided example command.

[vhvb1989]

the ENTRYPOINT is expected for passing build command directly from VS. See: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/using-msvc-in-a-docker-container-for-your-c-projects/#trying-it-all-out

[kjczarne]

It's --installPath that's not working. It installs it to the default path regardless (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat).

Also the VsDevCmd.bat doesn't work:

**********************************************************************
** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt vError 0x57: Unknown parameter: path
** Copyright (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation
**********************************************************************

The reason it seems to not work might be the lack of a backtick at the end of the line. Have you tried inserting one? It works for me here.

The code is:

RUN C:\TEMP\Install.cmd C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --nocache `
    --channelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --installChannelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended`
    --installPath C:\BuildTools

And it should be:

RUN C:\TEMP\Install.cmd C:\TEMP\vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --wait --norestart --nocache `
    --channelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --installChannelUri C:\TEMP\VisualStudio.chman `
    --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended `
    --installPath C:\BuildTools