I am trying to get a Windows docker container running with Python3 using my Gitlab pipeline script. But it seems that the yaml configuration below only starts a Linux docker container. How can I configure my .yml file to start a Windows image with the latest version of python?

.gitlab-ci.yml:

image: python:latest

CodePudding user response：

You're getting the linux version of the python container because GitLab's shared runners use linux. Due to how containers work, they share the kernel of the host machine, so a linux runner can't "host" a windows container - it simply doesn't have the kernel instructions to run it.

If you want to run a windows docker image, you will need to have a windows server with a supported version that you're self hosting. You will also need to ensure that the windows docker container you're using works properly.

All of this having been said - if you're trying to use python, just run it in Linux. It seems like there are vanishingly few reasons you would need python to be running specifically on windows for your CI/CD, but if you let us know what they are we may be able to help.