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Docker Run command hangs without any error

I have been working with docker in Windows Server 2016 only for the last two weeks. I am trying to run a html file using 

microsoft/windowsservercore (docker image)

After I execute the command 

docker run -it --name CoreServerCMD microsoft/windowsservercore cmd.exe

the execution hangs and do not return.

please help this is image reference:

Error

Solution

  • This is not an error: the docker image is being downloaded from the docker hub. According to https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/windowsservercore/tags/ the image is 5GB large, so this is a long time to download. I suggest that you wait at least an hour, depending on your broadband.

    Update after feedback: it seems this is not precisely the issue the author encountered - the provided answer works for other OS than Windows. See comments for more details.