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I am trying to get docker-compose to work on Windows Server 2016 TP5. I have installed Docker Desktop for Windows (not Docker Toolbox) as a service, which works perfectly. I have downloaded the latest docker-compose for windows from https://dl.bintray.com/docker-compose/master/ and put it in the same path as Docker (after unblocking the downloaded file, and renaming it to docker-compose.exe.

When I run the docker-compose up (in Powershell as an Administrator), I get the following error:

ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon. You might need to install Docker:

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/

Here are the docker and docker-compose information on my machine:

Docker:

Client: Version: 1.12.1 API version: 1.24 Go version: go1.6.3 Git commit: 23cf638 Built: Thu Aug 18 17:52:38 2016 OS/Arch: windows/amd64 Server: Version: 1.12.1 API version: 1.24 Go version: go1.6.3 Git commit: 23cf638 Built: Thu Aug 18 17:52:38 2016 OS/Arch: windows/amd64

Docker Compose:

docker-compose version 1.9.0dev, build f65f89a
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  • I also tried installing docker-compose using chocolatey. It installs docker-compose version 1.8.1, build 004ddae. That didn't work either, and running docker-compose up shows exactly the same error. Commented Oct 2, 2016 at 4:15
  • Just restart docker, this solve this problem for me! Commented Mar 9, 2021 at 14:52

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You might want to try to set your DOCKER_HOST:

$ENV:DOCKER_HOST="npipe://\\.\pipe\docker_engine"

Alternatively, when registering the engine, you can make it listen on TCP too:

dockerd.exe -H npipe:////./pipe/docker_engine -H localhost:2375 --register-service

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Thanks @friism. I found your article earlier: blog.docker.com/2016/09/… and I did the exact same thing as you have explain both in the article and here, except I unregistered the service first. It worked. However, I am getting another issue, which is related to networking. I realized that it is still an open issue with docker-compose on Windows: github.com/docker/compose/issues/3252
@moriazat that's because you're using TP5. On RTM (and with all the latest Windows Updates), docker-compose works fully for a single host. Download free RTM eval here: microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016

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