Azure-docs: The container host is on unsupported build version 18363.

Created on 5 Mar 2020 · 10Comments · Source: MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs

As of this writing, the latest release of Windows 10 is version 1909 (18363). I have a desktop NUC with Windows 10 Pro installed with that version. Can I turn this device into an IoT Edge Device?

When I run the system checks outlined on this Azure documentation page, I get the following result:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32&gt; get-service vmcompute                                                                           
Status   Name               DisplayName
------   ----               -----------
Running  vmcompute          Hyper-V Host Compute Service


PS C:\WINDOWS\system32&gt; (Get-Process -Id $PID).StartInfo.EnvironmentVariables["PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"]
AMD64
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32&gt; . {Invoke-WebRequest -useb https://aka.ms/iotedge-win} | Invoke-Expression; `
&gt;&gt; Deploy-IoTEdge

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Script     0.0        IoTEdge                             {Deploy-IoTEdge, Get-IoTEdgeLog, Initialize-IoTEdge, Insta...
The container host is on unsupported build version 18363.
Please use a container host running one of the following build versions for running Windows containers:
17763

The prerequisites for installation of the IoT Edge Security daemon are not met. Please fix all known issues before rerunning this script.

Does this mean that it will run ONLY on version 17763, and nothing later? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Tam

Document Details

⚠ Do not edit this section. It is required for docs.microsoft.com ➟ GitHub issue linking.

ID: 4f41e023-819c-64a1-8bef-d050481a7ef7
Version Independent ID: 6f918de8-3e37-5f10-9b5b-aaf453869d2e
Content: Install Azure IoT Edge on Windows
Content Source: articles/iot-edge/how-to-install-iot-edge-windows.md
Service: iot-edge
GitHub Login: @kgremban
Microsoft Alias: kgremban

Pri2 cxp iot-edgsvc product-question triaged

Source

Tam66662

All 10 comments

@Tam66662 Thank you for your feedback! We will review and provide an update as appropriate.

ketan-chawda-msft on 6 Mar 2020

@Tam66662 Please see the below supported OS for installing Azure IoT Edge with Windows containers

I hope that answers your question. Do let me know if you have further queries.

AshokPeddakotla-MSFT on 9 Mar 2020

😕1

@kgremban Please add more clarity on the doc for supported OS and versions.

AshokPeddakotla-MSFT on 9 Mar 2020

@AshokPeddakotla-MSFT just to be clear, you are saying that I can only create an IoT Edge device on ONLY version 17763 and not on any later versions of Windows 10?

Regards,
Tam

Tam66662 on 9 Mar 2020

@Tam66662 Yes, as mentioned in the Tier1 OS list, it specifically calls out the required build is 17763.
Do let us know if you have further questions.

AshokPeddakotla-MSFT on 10 Mar 2020

👍1

@Tam66662 Please let me know if you have further questions.

AshokPeddakotla-MSFT on 11 Mar 2020

We will now proceed to close this thread. If there are further questions regarding this matter, please tag me in your reply. We will gladly continue the discussion and we will reopen the issue.

AshokPeddakotla-MSFT on 11 Mar 2020

I have a question: why? Additional question: why not 18363?

brendanrempel on 13 Apr 2020

👍1

@brendanrempel 17763 is the latest long-term support version of Windows. That's the version that the IoT Edge modules for Windows are based on, and the version of the host machine must match the version of the containers.

If you check out this page about Windows 10 versions, IoT Edge is using the Enterprise and IoT Enterprise LTSB/LTSC releases, not the semi-annual releases: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/

Does that help?

kgremban on 16 Apr 2020

@kgremban @AshokPeddakotla-MSFT
Imho this could be more clear in two aspects:

exact vs minimum requirement
In the text, it should be stated that the windows version is not a minimum but an exact requirement. This would remove a lot of ambiguity

Versions for Development and test
As far as I see, the statement

Development and test: For development and test scenarios, Azure IoT Edge with Windows containers can be installed on any version of Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019 that supports the containers feature.

is not entirely clear.

Newer versions of windows support the container feature, yet the scripts in the section "Option 1: Install and manually provision" do not work.
If this is intended, it should be stated that those instructions are limited to the OS version with production support.