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x64 C++ executable not running in nanoserver docker container

I am trying to ship a C++ project as an .exe file in a docker nanoserver container. I understand that nanoserver can only run x64 executables, so I double-checked that the executable is built for x64.

The project is not based on Visual C++ and does not include any .NET libraries.

If I run the .exe within the container it just silently exits without any output. Is there a way to check why the exe won't run inside the container? I am able to connect to the container via powershell.

The dockerfile that I used:

ROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/nanoserver:10.0.14393.953

WORKDIR /app
COPY ./data /app

EXPOSE 3002

CMD ["./app.exe"]
Solution

  • The solution to this problem actually was an GUI Output that I obviously could not see. After fixing the bug that produced the Popup everything worked fine.