Can not find docker container

Question

I have asp core api project and i am using visual studio 2017 to run my project. After i renamed the docker container that was previously created using visual studio using this command on command line,

docker rename CONTAINER NEW_NAME

I receive the following message when i try to run the project again in visual studio.

Thanks for the help

Can not find docker container with the name starting with 'previous_container_name'.

Answer 1

I had a similar problem, and it was caused because I started Docker after opening the project. VS does some things with Docker on opening of the project, and will fail if Docker is not started.

Lesson learned: make sure Docker is running before starting Visual Studio. If Docker is not started, then start Docker, close your solution, and re-open it.

VS will re-create the container as it opens the project.