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Status Needs more information
Workspace Spectrum LSF
Components Other
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 18, 2025

LSF support for Job isolation using Containers(Docker) for Windows Platform

LSF support for Job isolation using Containers(Docker) for Windows Platform would be beneficial for teams that use Windows along with Linux for their development. Today such support exists for x86_64 but not for Windows.

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  • Guest
    Nov 24, 2025

    This does not necessarily to relate to Docker. Docker Desktop on Windows offers both Windows and Linux containers (the latter via WSL or other virtualisation techniques), in this case I am only interested in Windows Containers on Windows (WCOW). This is necessary to allow multiple jobs to execute in parallel without the risk of them interfering with each other (e.g. isolated filesystem). K8s with containerd already facilitates this on Windows (but does not run Linux Containers on Windows or LCOW - this not required), so at present I am expecting to use a k8s cluster with both Windows and Linux nodes to run Windows and Linux containers respectively.

  • Admin
    Bill McMillan
    Nov 20, 2025

    It is unclear what you are asking for. Can you explain?

    Docker Desktop on Windows is essentially a single user environment based on the user that is logged in to the console. It does not provide the same multiuser flexibility as docker on linux. So LSF cannot remotely start on container on windows as a different user.