Developing in Remote Container

[RogerNelson66]

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Describe the issue is Developing in a Remote Container like discribed be the article: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers with navcontainerhelper possible?

Scripts used to create container and cause the issue

$containerName = 'bc180'
$password = 'xxx'
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object pscredential 'admin', $securePassword
$auth = 'UserPassword'
$artifactUrl = Get-BcArtifactUrl -type 'OnPrem' -version '18.0' -country 'at' -select 'Latest'
$licenseFile = 'c:\temp\DemDevBC18.flf'
New-BcContainer `
    -accept_eula `
    -containerName $containerName `
    -credential $credential `
    -auth $auth `
    -artifactUrl $artifactUrl `
    -licenseFile $licenseFile `
    -includeAL `
    -vsixFile (Get-LatestAlLanguageExtensionUrl) `
    -updateHosts `
    -additionalParameters @("--volume C:\temp\AddIns4Docker\BC180:C:\run\add-ins")

**Full output of scripts**

BcContainerHelper is version 2.0.22 BcContainerHelper is running as administrator Host is Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise - 21H2 Docker Client Version is 20.10.11 Docker Server Version is 20.10.11 Removing C:\ProgramData\BcContainerHelper\Extensions\bc180 Fetching all docker images Fetching all docker volumes INFO: Windows 10 21H1/21H2 images are not yet available, using 2004 as these are found to work better than 20H2 on 21H1/21H2 Using image mcr.microsoft.com/businesscentral:10.0.19041.1415 Creating Container bc180 Style: onprem Multitenant: No Version: 18.0.23013.23795 Platform: 18.0.22893.23773 Generic Tag: 1.0.1.9 Container OS Version: 10.0.19041.1415 (2004) Host OS Version: 10.0.19044.1415 (21H2) WARNING: Host OS is 21H1 and Container OS is 2004, defaulting to process isolation. If you experience problems, add -isolation hyperv. Using process isolation Using locale de-AT Disabling the standard eventlog dump to container log every 2 seconds (use -dumpEventLog to enable) Downloading C:\ProgramData\BcContainerHelper\Extensions\bc180\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage.vsix Using license file c:\temp\DemDevBC18.flf Files in C:\ProgramData\BcContainerHelper\Extensions\bc180\my:

• AdditionalOutput.ps1
• license.flf
• MainLoop.ps1
• SetupVariables.ps1
• updatehosts.ps1 Creating container bc180 from image mcr.microsoft.com/businesscentral:10.0.19041.1415 ac935e58a8c2d3f370bd733eca2ffccaa5b750e84078d050b11c15b816e84f6a Waiting for container bc180 to be ready Using artifactUrl https://bcartifacts.azureedge.net/onprem/18.0.23013.23795/at Using installer from C:\Run\150-new Installing Business Central Installing from artifacts Starting Local SQL Server Starting Internet Information Server Copying Service Tier Files c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\ServiceTier\Program Files c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\ServiceTier\System64Folder Copying PowerShell Scripts c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\WindowsPowerShellScripts\Cloud\NAVAdministration c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\WindowsPowerShellScripts\WebSearch Copying dependencies Copying ReportBuilder Importing PowerShell Modules Determining Database Collation from c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\at\database\Demo Database NAV (18-0).bak Changing Database Server Collation to Latin1_General_100_CI_AS Restoring CRONUS Demo Database Setting CompatibilityLevel for CRONUS on localhost\SQLEXPRESS Modifying Business Central Service Tier Config File for Docker Creating Business Central Service Tier Installing SIP crypto provider: 'C:\Windows\System32\NavSip.dll' Copying Web Client Files c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\WebClient\Microsoft Dynamics NAV Copying Client Files c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\LegacyDlls\program files\Microsoft Dynamics NAV c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\LegacyDlls\program files\Microsoft Dynamics NAV c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\LegacyDlls\systemFolder Copying ModernDev Files c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform c:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\ModernDev\program files\Microsoft Dynamics NAV Copying additional files Copying ConfigurationPackages C:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\ConfigurationPackages Copying Test Assemblies C:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\platform\Test Assemblies Copying Applications C:\dl\onprem\18.0.23013.23795\at\Applications Starting Business Central Service Tier Importing license file Stopping Business Central Service Tier Installation took 174 seconds Installation complete Initializing... Setting host.docker.internal to 192.168.168.205 in container hosts file (copy from host hosts file) Setting gateway.docker.internal to 192.168.168.205 in container hosts file (copy from host hosts file) Setting kubernetes.docker.internal to 127.0.0.1 in container hosts file (copy from host hosts file) Setting host.containerhelper.internal to 172.22.144.1 in container hosts file Starting Container Hostname is bc180 PublicDnsName is bc180 Using NavUserPassword Authentication Creating Self Signed Certificate Self Signed Certificate Thumbprint 520DB4F8332D13EA4607A408BEAF616621BCEDB7 Modifying Service Tier Config File with Instance Specific Settings Starting Service Tier Registering event sources Creating DotNetCore Web Server Instance Using license file 'c:\run\my\license.flf' Import License Creating http download site Setting SA Password and enabling SA Creating admin as SQL User and add to sysadmin Creating SUPER user Container IP Address: 172.22.150.146 Container Hostname : bc180 Container Dns Name : bc180 Web Client : http://bc180/BC/ Dev. Server : http://bc180 Dev. ServerInstance : BC Setting bc180 to 172.22.150.146 in host hosts file

Files: http://bc180:8080/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage.vsix

Container Total Physical Memory is 15.7Gb Container Free Physical Memory is 2.6Gb

Initialization took 64 seconds Ready for connections! Reading CustomSettings.config from bc180 Creating Desktop Shortcuts for bc180 Extracting C:\Applications\BaseApp\Source\Base Application.Source.zip Creating .net Assembly Reference Folder for VS Code Copying DLLs from C:\Windows\assembly to assemblyProbingPath Copying DLLs from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly to assemblyProbingPath Copying DLLs from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\180\Service to assemblyProbingPath Copying DLLs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\180\RoleTailored Client to assemblyProbingPath Copying DLLs from C:\Test Assemblies\Mock Assemblies to assemblyProbingPath Copying DLLs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Open XML SDK to assemblyProbingPath Container bc180 successfully created

Use: Get-BcContainerEventLog -containerName bc180 to retrieve a snapshot of the event log from the container Get-BcContainerDebugInfo -containerName bc180 to get debug information about the container Enter-BcContainer -containerName bc180 to open a PowerShell prompt inside the container Remove-BcContainer -containerName bc180 to remove the container again docker logs bc180 to retrieve information about URL's again ...

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**Additional context**
if i try to attach to the container i'll get:

[69 ms] Remote-Containers 0.209.6 in VS Code 1.63.2 (899d46d82c4c95423fb7e10e68eba52050e30ba3).
[69 ms] Start: Resolving Remote
[71 ms] Setting up container: /bc180
[88 ms] Start: Run: docker inspect --type container /bc180
[1087 ms] Start: Check Docker is running
[1088 ms] Start: Run: docker version --format {{.Server.APIVersion}}
[1891 ms] Server API version: 1.41
[1892 ms] Start: Inspecting container
[1892 ms] Start: Run: docker inspect --type container ac935e58a8c2d3f370bd733eca2ffccaa5b750e84078d050b11c15b816e84f6a
[2878 ms] Start: Run in container: /bin/sh
[3008 ms] Start: Run in container: uname -m
[3956 ms] Start: Run in container: cat /etc/passwd
[3956 ms] Stdin closed!
[3962 ms] Shell server terminated (code: 126, signal: null)
container ac935e58a8c2d3f370bd733eca2ffccaa5b750e84078d050b11c15b816e84f6a encountered an error during hcsshim::System::CreateProcess: failure in a Windows system call: Der Benutzername oder das Kennwort ist falsch. (0x52e)

[freddydk]

Remove containers does not have support for Windows Containers yet:

(from the site) Containers:

• x86_64 / ARMv7l (AArch32) / ARMv8l (AArch64) Debian 9+, Ubuntu 16.04+, CentOS / RHEL 7+
• x86_64 Alpine Linux 3.9+

and we cannot run BC etc. on Linux

[Kowa63]

and we cannot run BC etc. on Linux

Since BC 20 will be the first version to run upon cross-platform .NET Standard rather than the .NET Framework in Windows, will that still apply for the versions to come? Or can we expect a BcContainerHelper on cross-platform PowerShell 7 (or higher when available) targeting Linux servers as soon as the technology permits it?

[freddydk]

I think that is all a matter of prioritization. Right now .NET Standard is the goal, whether we want to invest in a fully platform agnostic service tier depends on the price and the ROI - if it was cheap, we would probably do it now - my assumption is that the price tag is fairly high. Having said that, running all our service tiers on Linux (on Saas) would decrease the necessary CPU power / cost - Linux cores are cheaper than Windows Cores. We will have to wait and see.