GitHub action pullling windows image - windows

Question

Using windows-latest runner I was not able to pull a windows docker image.
Setup
yaml file
name: Docker
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
Windows:
runs-on: windows-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v2
- name: docker version
run: docker version
- name: docker info
run: docker info
- name: Pull image
run: docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows:2009
- name: Build image
run: docker build -f win.Dockerfile .
Dockerfile
# Create a virtual environment with all tools installed
# ref: https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-windows
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows:2009 AS env
RUN Get-ChildItem Env:
RUN cmake -version
src: https://github.com/Mizux/inspect-ci
Observed
$ docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Enterprise
Version: 19.03.12
API version: 1.40
Go version: go1.13.13
Git commit: 4306744
Built: 08/05/2020 19:27:53
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Experimental: false
Server: Docker Engine - Enterprise
Engine:
Version: 19.03.12
API version: 1.40 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.13.13
Git commit: f295753ffd
Built: 08/05/2020 19:26:41
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Experimental: false
$ docker info
Client:
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
cluster: Manage Docker Enterprise clusters (Mirantis Inc., v1.6.0)
Server:
Containers: 0
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 0
Images: 5
Server Version: 19.03.12
Storage Driver: windowsfilter
Windows:
Logging Driver: json-file
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: ics internal l2bridge l2tunnel nat null overlay private transparent
Log: awslogs etwlogs fluentd gcplogs gelf json-file local logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Default Isolation: process
Kernel Version: 10.0 17763 (17763.1.amd64fre.rs5_release.180914-1434)
Operating System: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Version 1809 (OS Build 17763.1518)
OSType: windows
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 2
Total Memory: 7GiB
Name: fv-az68-962
ID: 7OIU:P7VO:DVY5:6QUE:34MP:ZFAE:EN7P:4BVA:3MEH:G5VM:ZVMS:LAND
Docker Root Dir: C:\ProgramData\docker
Debug Mode: false
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Labels:
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
$ docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/windows:2009
no matching manifest for windows/amd64 10.0.17763 in the manifest list entries
Since it is a runner, it's headless so please don't ask me to "click" on system tray...
ref:
https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-windows
https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/win/Windows2019-Readme.md

Answer 1

The base image you are requesting (mcr.microsoft.com/windows:2009) is not compatible with underlying Docker backend pre-installed on windows-latest runners. If you look at docker version/info output you can see those values:
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Kernel Version: 10.0 17763 (17763.1.amd64fre.rs5_release.180914-1434)
This is why you get the error:
no matching manifest for windows/amd64 10.0.17763 in the manifest list entries
You should switch to a compatible base image to fix it. You can find one at https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-windows. Navigate to §Full Tag Listing section and inspect the Architecture and OsVersion column to find the matching image tag to switch to (eg.: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:10.0.17763.1518).