configure dockerhub registry for windows toolbox boot2docker?

[laurencefass]

I want to connect vscode to manage an arbitrary docker registry with exposed API. I'm running vscode on a windows 10 host with docker windows toolbox (i.e. through docker-machine and boot2docker). the docker registry is running virtual machine.

vscode docker explorer sidebar observations:

• main docker tab is empty.
• docker Images tab is empty.
• only docker Containers contains valid data.
• running Compose Down/Compose up on a compose file is not working (no errors, no actions)
• running Build Image on a docker file is not working (no errors, no actions).

thanks

[laurencefass]

i have partial functionality available by setting DOCKER_HOST = tcp:/url:port on the windows host. Containers displaying ok but no images. raising a separate issue.