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I am working on a Windows 10 home machine. I needed to use the IBM cloud web app services . I created a starter kit for expressjs backend and added a Watson discovery service resource.

I followed all the steps mentioned in the prerequisites documentation all the way from installing developer tools to downloading app.I opened it in webstorm.

When I "Build app in release mode" in Webstorm I get the following error : 

An error error during connect: Post http://%!F(MISSING)%!F(MISSING).%!F(MISSING)pipe%!F(MISSING)docker_engine/v1.30/build?buildargs=%!B(MISSING)%!b(MISSING)x_dev_user%3A%!r(MISSING)oot%2C%!b(MISSING)x_dev_userid%3A%22%!D(MISSING)&cachefrom=null&cgroupparent=&cpuperiod=0&cpuquota=0&cpusetcpus=&cpusetmems=&cpushares=0&dockerfile=Dockerfile-tools&labels=null&memory=0&memswap=0&networkmode=&rm=1&shmsize=0&t=expressjsbackend-express-tools&target=&ulimits=null: 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. was encountered while building the Docker image.

How can I rectify this ?

Please help!

Kiera.K
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  • Which steps did you follow, what is the URL? That seems like your Webstorm environment is not configured. – data_henrik Jul 19 '18 at 09:21
  • https://console.bluemix.net/docs/apps/tutorials/tutorial_web.html#before-you-begin I followed these steps – Kiera.K Jul 19 '18 at 10:53
  • Those instructions say to use the IBM Cloud dev tool to build the app, not the IDE (Webstorm). Did you follow those steps...? – data_henrik Jul 19 '18 at 11:36
  • Yes, I followed those steps. I chose Webstorm as my IDE ...And I got the error :( – Kiera.K Jul 19 '18 at 11:44
  • So, did you build the app as stated in the instructions? Do not use Webstorm to build the app. – data_henrik Jul 19 '18 at 12:17
  • I thought building the app is done by importing the settings.jar file(which was given in the developer tools in step 1 ) into webstorm which gives the "IBM App Developer tools > Build app in release mode " option. Because this wasn't working , I tried using the python-django app instead and I tried building it in pycharm... I get the following error now : Building... OK Creating a container named 'pythondjango-django-tools' from that image... FAILED An error Error response from daemon: invalid mode: /app was encountered while creating Docker container 'pythondjango-django-tools'. – Kiera.K Jul 19 '18 at 12:53
  • Hi Kiera. I saw your other question and posted an "answer" looking for some more details. From the error here, it is definitely pointing to Docker -- note that the message is ultimately that it cannot find the Docker daemon. If you have Docker for Windows installed, you'll need to make sure it is started first. – Steve Clay Jul 20 '18 at 13:41
  • @Steve Unfortunately I have a Windows 10 home which restricts me to Docker Toolbox . Thank you for your help though! – Kiera.K Jul 20 '18 at 15:58

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As Kiera commented above, unfortunately Docker for Windows is not available on Windows 10 Home edition. This link from the Docker forum confirms this as well: https://forums.docker.com/t/installing-docker-on-windows-10-home/11722

IBM Cloud Developer Tools, including IDE integrations, require Docker for Windows and so is not available for use with Windows 10 Home edition.

Steve Clay
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  • So I temporarily managed a machine with a docker which is successfully building the app. I do however need help at multiple instances of my project. Could you pleaseee have a look at another question : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51446804/how-to-connect-the-back-end-and-the-front-end-and-use-the-discovery-api-in-ibm-c – Kiera.K Jul 20 '18 at 16:27