Detect windows container and exit with instructions

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	ds, alts, specified := selectDriver(existing)
 	starter, err := provisionWithDriver(cmd, ds, existing)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, oci.ErrWindowsContainers) {
+			out.ErrLn("")
+			out.ErrT(out.Conflict, "Your Docker Desktop container os type is Windows but Linux is required.")
+			out.T(out.Warning, "Please change Docker settings to use Linux containers instead of Windows containers.")
+			out.T(out.Documentation, "https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/#verify-docker-container-type-is-linux")
+			exit.UsageT(`You can verify your Docker container type by running:
+	{{.command}}
+		`, out.V{"command": "docker info --format '{{.OSType}}'"})
+		}
 		if specified {
 			// If the user specified a driver, don't fallback to anything else
 			exit.WithError("error provisioning host", err)

pkg/drivers/kic/oci/errors.go

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package oci
+
+import "errors"
+
+// ErrWindowsContainers is thrown when docker been configured to run windows containers instead of Linux
+var ErrWindowsContainers = errors.New("docker container type is windows")

pkg/drivers/kic/oci/info.go

@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ import (
 
 // SysInfo Info represents common system Information between docker and podman that minikube cares
 type SysInfo struct {
-	CPUs        int   // CPUs is Number of CPUs
-	TotalMemory int64 // TotalMemory Total available ram
+	CPUs        int    // CPUs is Number of CPUs
+	TotalMemory int64  // TotalMemory Total available ram
+	OSType      string // container's OsType (windows or linux)
 }
 
 // DaemonInfo returns common docker/podman daemon system info that minikube cares about
@@ -38,11 +39,13 @@ func DaemonInfo(ociBin string) (SysInfo, error) {
 		p, err := podmanSystemInfo()
 		info.CPUs = p.Host.Cpus
 		info.TotalMemory = p.Host.MemTotal
+		info.OSType = p.Host.Os
 		return info, err
 	}
 	d, err := dockerSystemInfo()
 	info.CPUs = d.NCPU
 	info.TotalMemory = d.MemTotal
+	info.OSType = d.OSType
 	return info, err
 }
 

pkg/drivers/kic/oci/oci.go

@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ func PrepareContainerNode(p CreateParams) error {
 
 // CreateContainerNode creates a new container node
 func CreateContainerNode(p CreateParams) error {
+	// on windows os, if docker desktop is using Windows Containers. Exit early with error
+	if p.OCIBinary == Docker && runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		info, err := DaemonInfo(p.OCIBinary)
+		if info.OSType == "windows" {
+			return ErrWindowsContainers
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Warningf("error getting dameon info: %v", err)
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "daemon info")
+		}
+	}
+
 	runArgs := []string{
 		"-d", // run the container detached
 		"-t", // allocate a tty for entrypoint logs

pkg/minikube/node/start.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	cmdcfg "k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/addons"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kic/oci"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/images"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/cluster"
@@ -356,7 +357,6 @@ func startHost(api libmachine.API, cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (*hos
 	if err == nil {
 		return host, exists, nil
 	}
-	out.ErrT(out.Embarrassed, "StartHost failed, but will try again: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
 
 	// NOTE: People get very cranky if you delete their prexisting VM. Only delete new ones.
 	if !exists {
@@ -366,6 +366,13 @@ func startHost(api libmachine.API, cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (*hos
 		}
 	}
 
+	// don't try to re-create if container type is windows.
+	if errors.Is(err, oci.ErrWindowsContainers) {
+		glog.Infof("will skip retrying to create machine because error is not retriable: %v", err)
+		return host, exists, err
+	}
+
+	out.ErrT(out.Embarrassed, "StartHost failed, but will try again: {{.error}}", out.V{"error": err})
 	// Try again, but just once to avoid making the logs overly confusing
 	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 

pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go

@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ func status() registry.State {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	// Quickly returns an error code if server is not running
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, oci.Docker, "version", "--format", "{{.Server.Version}}")
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, oci.Docker, "version", "--format", "{{.Server.Os}}-{{.Server.Version}}")
 	o, err := cmd.Output()
 	output := string(o)
+	if strings.Contains(output, "windows-") {
+		return registry.State{Error: oci.ErrWindowsContainers, Installed: true, Healthy: false, Fix: "Change container type to \"linux\" in Docker Desktop settings", Doc: docURL + "#verify-docker-container-type-is-linux"}
+
+	}
 	if err == nil {
 		glog.Infof("docker version: %s", output)
 		return registry.State{Installed: true, Healthy: true}

site/content/en/docs/drivers/docker.md

@@ -30,11 +30,20 @@ The Docker driver allows you to install Kubernetes into an existing Docker insta
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
-- On macOS or Windows, you may need to restart Docker for Desktop if a command gets hung
-
+[comment]: <> (this title is used in the docs links, don't change)
+### Verify Docker container type is Linux
+- On Windows, make sure Docker Desktop's container type setting is Linux and not windows. see docker docs on [switching container type](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/#switch-between-windows-and-linux-containers). 
+You can verify your Docker container type by running:
+   ```shell
+   docker info --format '{{.OSType}}'
+   ```
+
+### Run with logs
 - Run `--alsologtostderr -v=1` for extra debugging information
 
+### Deploying MySql on a linux with AppArmor
 - On Linux, if you want to run MySQL pod, you need to disable AppArmor for mysql profile
 
    If your docker has [AppArmor](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppArmor) enabled, running mysql in privileged mode with docker driver will have the issue [#7401](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7401).
    There is a workaround - see [moby/moby#7512](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/7512#issuecomment-61787845).
+