profile create doesn't support docker on Windows

[BobDickinson]

I was having trouble getting Triton Docker support working under Windows, and noticed (after a couple of unproductive hours) that Docker support is explicitly disabled in triton profile create (via a win32 check).

It took me a while to figure out why triton env didn't have any Docker settings. I was following the same script as I did on the Mac, and there was no indication on the Configuring Docker for Triton page (https://docs.joyent.com/public-cloud/api-access/docker#configure-docker-for-triton) that Windows was not supported. In fact, there were actual Windows instructions on that page, leading me to believe it should work.

After getting the certs from my Mac, making my own /Users/me/.triton/docker directory and putting them there, and then manually setting up the DOCKER env vars corresponding to my profile, the Triton Docker support seemed to work fine on Windows.

[schlaup]

+1

Really, really annoying!

I am evaluating Docker hosting for a client who wants to setup > 40 containers. I just wasted hours of work trying to make it work on Windows. And yes, there are instructions for Windows on the Joyent documentation page.

Best solution: Make it work on Docker for Windows At least: Put it in the documentation that it does not work on Windows

I am going to look somewhere else for Docker hosting now. Joyent lost many $$$ with this!