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Running Splash on Docker Toolbox with Windows 10

I am trying to install and run splash on using Windows 10 Home. I have installed docker toolbox, as on windows 10 Home you can't install docker. Then in command prompt when I type 

docker pull scrapinghub/splash

I get the error 

error during connect: Post http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.40/images/create?fromImage=scrapinghub%2Fsplash&tag=latest: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified. In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run elevated to connect. This error may also indicate that the docker daemon is not running.

One interesting thing I noticed was that if I run Docker Quickstart Terminal I can install splash with the command 

docker pull scrapinghub/splash

and then using the command 

docker run -p 5023:5023 -p 8050:8050 -p 8051:8051 scrapinghub/splash

it gives me

server listening on http://0.0.0.0:8050

But then when I paste http://0.0.0.0:8050 into Chrome it gives me "This site can't be reached."

Thanks

Solution

  • So 1st error clearly says that your Docker container is not running, so your pull command fails

    You can check by running any docker command maybe try this

    docker --version

    For your 2nd query, you need to use Docker IP, to access the application

    You can try docker-machine ip to see, on what IP docker is running (Assuming docker-machine is installed)

    Generally, on windows Docker IP is 192.168.99.100

    Try these 2 

    192.168.99.100:8050

    or

    localhost:8050