Docker with 'Navcontainerhelper' - 'New-NavContainer'

jensthomsen

Hi
I'm trying to get a docker up and running by use of the 'navcontainerhelper', but it doen't work:-( My script looks like this:

install-module navcontainerhelper -force
Write-NavContainerHelperWelcomeText
help new-navcontainer -detailed

New-NavContainer `
-containerName Nav2018CU2 `
-accept_eula `
-memoryLimit 3G `
-imageName "microsoft/dynamics-nav:2018-cu2-dk"`
-licenseFile "C:\NAV Docker Setup\2018-DK\Udvikler NAV 2018 inkl ISV_011217.flf"`
-IncludeCSide `
-doNotExportObjectsToText `
-enableSymbolLoading Y `
-auth Windows

when running it, I first get prompted for user and password which I guess is just my windows credentials? The script terminates with this error:

Get-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\Y\setup.exe' because it does not exist.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\navcontainerhelper\0.2.6.5\ContainerHandling\New-NavContainer.ps1:170 char:24
+ ... vversion = (Get-Item -Path (Join-Path $navDvdPath "setup.exe")).Versi ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\WINDOWS\system32\Y\setup.exe:String) [Get-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand

Any ideas?

jensthomsen

I've got som help from Freddie on:
https://github.com/Microsoft/nav-docker/issues/167
This solved my problem:-)

RemkoD

I've tried with NavUserPassword and that worked like a charm.

$secureVMAdminPassword = ConvertTo-SecureSTring 'randompass' -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ('someusername', $secureVMAdminPassword) 

New-NavContainer `
    -containerName "container" `
    -imageName "microsoft/dynamics-nav:devpreview" `
    -accept_eula `
    -Credential $credential `
    -memoryLimit 3G `
    -updateHost `
    -useSSL `
    -includeCSide `
    -doNotExportObjectsToText

(remove the auth parameter and include the Credential parameter)

I haven't tried it with Windows authentication yet. I don't know if there are tips and tricks to it.

RemkoD

jensthomsen, I didn't read the full error. It seems that the authentication isn't the problem. You get an error on

Join-Path $navDvdPath "setup.exe"

You have not supplied a NAV DVD folder as parameter when you run New-NavContainer. I did not use that either. So I have looked up the documentation on this parameter with

Get-Help New-NavContainer -full

-navDvdPath <String>
When you are spinning up a Generic image, you need to specify the NAV DVD path

Required? false
Position? 3
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

-navDvdCountry <String>
When you are spinning up a Generic image, you need to specify the country version (w1, dk, etc.)

Required? false
Position? 4
Default value w1
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

It seems that the script some how ends up using a generic image. Have you pulled the image you want to use?

docker pull microsoft/dynamics-nav:2018-cu2-dk

Has been a while since I've played with this. But I hope this points you in the right direction.

jensthomsen

Hi RemkoD
Thx for your answer:-) The last part helped me...sems as my previously downloaded image has disappeared. Adding this line to my script helped me further:
-alwaysPull Y

jensthomsen

Hi again
Just copying the powershell-script supplied from RemkoD at the top with
-imageName "microsoft/dynamics-nav:2018-cu2-dk" `
is working, but I'm not able to log on to neither c/side or windows or web-client??

I would like to use windows-authentication, so I changed the script to:

$secureVMAdminPassword = ConvertTo-SecureSTring 'randompass' -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ('someusername', $secureVMAdminPassword)
$licensfilename = "C:\NAV Docker Setup\2018-DK\Udvikler NAV 2018 inkl ISV_011217.flf"
New-NavContainer `
-containerName "container" `
-imageName "microsoft/dynamics-nav:2018-cu2-dk" `
-accept_eula `
//-Credential $credential `
-licenseFile licensfilename`
-auth Windows `
-memoryLimit 3G `
-updateHost `
-useSSL `
-includeCSide `
-doNotExportObjectsToText

But again: Getting this error:

Get-Item : Cannot find path '\\-Credential\setup.exe' because it does not exist.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\navcontainerhelper\0.2.6.5\ContainerHandling\New-NavContainer.ps1:170 char:24
+ ... vversion = (Get-Item -Path (Join-Path $navDvdPath "setup.exe")).Versi ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (\\-Credential\setup.exe:String) [Get-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand

RemkoD

Unless you're KFrellsen someone else has the same issue with connecting to the (web)client with the same 2018-cu2-dk image . https://github.com/Microsoft/navcontainerhelper/issues/93

Also check https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/freddyk/2017/10/29/troubleshooting-nav-on-docker/

I would recommend to get NavUserPassword to work before going for the Windows Authentication

jensthomsen

I've got som help from Freddie on:
https://github.com/Microsoft/nav-docker/issues/167
This solved my problem:-)