Business Central chocolatey docker install

txeriff

Hi All,
I've spent a while trying to make this work but unfortunately it's a dead end.
As you may know docker desktop requires a licence if you are going to develop with it, most likely everyone is ignoring this...

Following microsoft's help:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-running-container-development

An alternative is to use Docker Engine, which is open source and community-driven. For more information, see Docker and Business Central.

As you can see this link is just an old post.

I've tried to install chocolatey docker:
https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/docker-engine

however after if you run New-BcContainer helper it will just fail saying it can't find "dockerd".

if you run "choco install docker-desktop" you are installing docker desktop effectively if I'm not mistaken so back to square 1.

Also, if you try to backup a docker container as these are windows containers it will just say it's not allowed.

Clearly microsoft took a rubbish approach on all this.

Any ideas?

thanks.