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Running Renku image locally in Windows
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Some users cannot decide their local operating system, and would like to run Renku images in Windows locally (e.g. for cases with sensitive data). For this, they need to install the Linux distribution for Windows first, as well as Docker and ensure Linux and Docker communicate with each other. After the installation succeeds, the following problem arises: when running renku session start
within the Linux distribution for Windows, it raises an empty url instead of leading to the place where the image is actually run.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to have the actual local url address displayed in console when running renku session start
in the Linux distribution for Windows.
Describe alternatives you've considered As of now, the full process of checking in Docker the actual exposed port where the container is running needs to be done manually. However, this is not straightforward and many users lack the knowledge on how to do it.
Additional context Solving this issue would lower the entry barrier to use the Renku containers locally for those users who lack knowledge in containers, virtualisation, setting images, and workflows.