Run Docker container with jenkins pipeline always results on it needs to be an absolute path

Question

i've my windows 10 machine with docker and jenkins for windows and i'm trying to create a jenkins job usign pipelines where i want ro run a build inside a docker container, and for some reason when i start the build it always result in the same following error:

java.io.IOException: Failed to run image 'myimage:tag'. Error: docker: Error response from daemon: the working directory 'D:/jenkins/workspace/jobname@2/' is invalid, it needs to be an absolute path.

before the error occours, i see that is trying to run with the following command automatically

Jenkins does not seem to be running inside a container
$ docker run -d -t -w D:/jenkins/workspace/jobname@2/ -v D:/jenkins/workspace/jobname@2/:D:/jenkins/workspace/jobname@2/ -v D:/jenkins/workspace/jobname@2@tmp/:D:/jenkins/workspace/jobname@2@tmp/ -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ******** -e ********...

My jenkinsfile is as simple as this

pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Build') {
            agent {
                docker { 
                    image 'myimage:tag'
                }
            }
            steps {
                sh 'ls -lha'
            }
        }
    }
}

What can i do to solve this issue? any ideas?

Is your "D:/jenkins/workspace" part of the list of shared folders as described [here](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/troubleshoot/#volumes) — jordanvrtanoski, Mar 19 '21 at 11:34
I guess it is about slave image. Is it a slave image that you are using? — Mustafa Güler, Mar 19 '21 at 18:01
There seems to be an issue with docker CLI for windows - https://github.com/docker/cli/issues/2204 — Samit Kumar Patel, Mar 19 '21 at 22:10

Ray Tayek · Answer 1 · 2021-04-30T05:24:25.667

Adding to the knowledge base, I am getting a similar result with this hello jenkins.

I get:

Jenkins does not seem to be running inside a container
$ docker run -d -t -w D:/jenkins/home/workspace/p5/ -v D:/jenkins/home/workspace/p5/:D:/jenkins/home/workspace/p5/ -v D:/jenkins/home/workspace/p5@tmp/:D:/jenkins/home/workspace/p5@tmp/

followed by:

"java.io.IOException: Failed to run image 'golang:1.14'. Error: docker: Error response from daemon: the working directory 'D:/jenkins/home/workspace/p5/' is invalid, it needs to be an absolute path.

Relevant link.

Edit 1: this windows and docker looks like it might be a fix. But how to tell what shell docker is running?

Edit 2: This a common problem. This search gets about 1500 hits.

Edit 3: This may be where the problem is.

Run Docker container with jenkins pipeline always results on it needs to be an absolute path

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