Omnis App Server running in Windows Docker Container

[Alain Stouder Omnis]

Hello Alan,

Don’t know much about docker but if you install a web server you must tell the windows firewall to open pour 5912.

HTH,
Alain

> On 22 Nov 2022, at 22:41, Alan Davey <david.a.davey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi $all,
> 
> 
> 
> I’m trying to create a windows container (Server 2019) with IIS and Omnis
> App Server and test on my Windows 10 development environment.  I’ve created
> the container, but for some reason the OMNISServerx64 service refuses to
> start.  IIS is running fine and I’m able to connect to it and see my web
> pages.  I’m just curious if anyone has been successful in getting this type
> of container working on windows 10.
> 
> 
> 
> My Dockerfile:
> 
> FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore/iis:windowsservercore-ltsc2019
> 
> 
> 
> RUN powershell -NoProfile -Command Remove-Item -Recurse C:\inetpub\wwwroot\*
> 
> 
> 
> WORKDIR /inetpub/wwwroot
> 
> COPY content/ .
> 
> 
> 
> RUN mkdir c:\Studio
> 
> WORKDIR /Studio
> 
> COPY Studio/ .
> 
> 
> 
> RUN cmd /c Omnis-App-Server-10.22-x64.exe --mode unattended --installscope
> allusers --serialno "XXX XXX XXX" --serverport 5912
> 
> 
> 
> RUN cmd /c net start OMNISServerx64
> 
> 
> 
> After building the container and running it, I then shell into the
> container to check the Omnis service, but it is not running.  When I
> execute the service manually, I get:
> 
> C:\Studio>net start OMNISServerx64
> 
> The OMNIS Server x64 service is starting.
> 
> The OMNIS Server x64 service could not be started.
> 
> 
> 
> The service did not report an error.
> 
> 
> 
> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately there are no error messages or logs that point to what the
> problem is.
> 
> 
> 
> As a workaround I can spin up a virtualbox with Windows Server 2019
> running, build the container and then see that the service is running
> fine.  So I know everything in the docker file is fine.  It just seems that
> something is missing from my Windows 10 environment.
> 
> 
> 
> Any thoughts on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Alan
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