Azure-docs: Compatibility reference is needed for Windows Container Instances

[erichexter]

I would like to see a reference to supported windows container versions. At this time is seems that 1803 and 1709 based windows containers are not supported. Please add some sort of compatibility / supported version documentation.

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• ID: 5c00e2ca-c968-c339-c4f2-6acebc9c4f2f
• Version Independent ID: 46b156b3-b879-22ba-3194-1655137ae127
• Content: Azure Container Instances overview
• Content Source: articles/container-instances/container-instances-overview.md
• Service: container-instances
• GitHub Login: @seanmck
• Microsoft Alias: seanmck

[mimckitt]

Thanks for the feedback! I have assigned the issue to the content author to investigate further and update the document as appropriate.

[mmacy]

Hi @erichexter, this is mentioned in the Troubleshooting article, which specifies that only LTS Windows images are supported:

"If you specify an image that Azure Container Instances cannot support, an ImageVersionNotSupported error is returned. The value of the error is The version of image '{0}' is not supported., and currently applies to Windows 1709 images. To mitigate this issue, use an LTS Windows image. Support for Windows 1709 images is underway."

I'll update the passage to include 1803, and a mention in this article that "LTSC-based images are supported".

@MicahMcKittrick-MSFT Please assign this one to me, thanks.

[erichexter]

so it looks like they may have changes the error message, I currently get this error.

{
  "error": {
    "code": "OsVersionNotSupported",
    "message": "The OS version of image '{0}' is not supported."
  }
}

That would explain why I could not find that page, when I I googled for OsVersionNotSupported.

Troubleshooting seems like an odd place to put a compability matrix, but I understand that where it is.

[jluk]

Thanks @erichexter, @mmacy could we fix that error message? It should indeed be OsVersionNotSupported.

[mmacy]

@jluk Affirmative--work item created yesterday, hoping to get on it this afternoon.

[mmacy]

@erichexter @jluk Windows support clarifications have been added to both the overview and troubleshooting articles:

• Overview: Linux and Windows containers
• Troubleshooting: OS version of image not supported