lcow | Linux containers on Windows built with LinuxKit | Continuous Deployment library

After spending a fair amount of time I didn't find a way to fix the Windows does not support host IP addresses in NAT settings error nor using any other network / driver (bridge, host, etc). However, I found a workaround to make the port exposed only on the local machine by configuring the Kestrel web server of the web app (container) using the "AllowedHosts" parameter in the appsettings.json. I set the parameter value like below:

This seems to be followed by microsoft/hcsshim issue 624

Windows just did an update and laid down a new copy of this driver.

• Rename the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\cbfs6.sys as something else (or delete it).
• Remove the container.
• Reboot.

That in turn refers to docker/for-win/issue 3884

Awesome guys at nsoftware.com just fixed the issue with their SFTP Drive v2.
Indeed the problem was in cbfs driver. New version is working as expected and doesn't collide with Docker.

But microsoft/hcsshim issue 790 also mentions the same error:

The issue is present in Docker Desktop CE for windows 2.2.0.4 & 2.2.0.5

A downgrade to 2.2.0.3 resolved the issue.

If you want to "run containers natively on Windows", the next page mentions images like mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:1903

An Ubuntu image would not work in this mode, only in the Linux Container mode.

To summarize:

1. Downgrade Docker Desktop to 2.2.0.3
2. Reboot machine (don't forget)
3. Delete all previously created containers / images (if any)
4. docker run -it ubuntu - (for some reason , shows the bash shell & then, goes out of interactive mode)
5. Run docker run -it ubuntu again - now, goes into interactive mode now (2nd time) and stays

This works !