Sitecore 10 file ‘\\.\pipe\docker_engine’ cannot be mapped Error

2 min readMar 1, 2022

Problem :

Recently I was trying to bring up a Sitecore 10 instance on my local machine using the Getting-Started Template provided by Sitecore. I came across these names pipes errors

I initially fiddled around with the volume mappings in the docker-compose file to try and fix the issue as docker was complaining about it

Solution:

A quick search pointed me to this post, I tried disabling v2 with

docker-compose disable-v2

Unfortunately, this did not solve my issue

After some more pondering and searching , running compose with — no-deps solved the issue , — no-deps

docker-compose up -d --no-depsUsage: docker-compose up [options] [--scale SERVICE=NUM...] [SERVICE...]

Options:
    -d, --detach               Detached mode: Run containers in the background,
                               print new container names. Incompatible with
                               --abort-on-container-exit.
    --no-color                 Produce monochrome output.
    --quiet-pull               Pull without printing progress information
    --no-deps                  Don't start linked services.
    --force-recreate           Recreate containers even if their configuration
                               and image haven't changed.
    --always-recreate-deps     Recreate dependent containers.
                               Incompatible with --no-recreate.
    --no-recreate              If containers already exist, don't recreate
                               them. Incompatible with --force-recreate and 
                               --renew-anon-volumes.
    --no-build                 Don't build an image, even if it's missing.
    --no-start                 Don't start the services after creating them.
    --build                    Build images before starting containers.
    --abort-on-container-exit  Stops all containers if any container was
                               stopped. Incompatible with --detach.
    --attach-dependencies      Attach to dependent containers.
    -t, --timeout TIMEOUT      Use this timeout in seconds for container
                               shutdown when attached or when containers are
                               already running. (default: 10)
    -V, --renew-anon-volumes   Recreate anonymous volumes instead of retrieving
                               data from the previous containers.
    --remove-orphans           Remove containers for services not defined
                               in the Compose file.
    --exit-code-from SERVICE   Return the exit code of the selected service
                               container. Implies --abort-on-container-exit.
    --scale SERVICE=NUM        Scale SERVICE to NUM instances. Overrides the
                               `scale` setting in the Compose file if present.

Sitecore 10 file ‘\\.\pipe\docker_engine’ cannot be mapped Error

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