Article - CS260111
Error "Error running docker_machine_validator.exe DockerMachinePTC DOCKER_HOST: exit status 1" when installing ThingWorx Trial Edition
Modified: 20-Oct-2017
Applies To
- ThingWorx Platform 7.4 to 8.1
Description
- Following error is displayed when executing ThingWorxTrialEdition-7.4.0-windows-installer.exe

- <Installation Directory>/install.log reports:
Error running docker-machine create -d virtualbox --virtualbox-memory "4096" --virtualbox-disk-size "10000" DockerMachinePTC: Host already exists: "DockerMachinePTC"
[09:01:02] - Setting environment variables...
Setting variable DOCKER_HOST from docker_machine_validator.exe DockerMachinePTC DOCKER_HOST
Script exit code: 1
Script output:
Script stderr:
2017/04/05 09:01:11 exit status 1
Error running docker_machine_validator.exe DockerMachinePTC DOCKER_HOST: 2017/04/05 09:01:11 exit status 1
[09:01:02] - Setting environment variables...
Setting variable DOCKER_HOST from docker_machine_validator.exe DockerMachinePTC DOCKER_HOST
Script exit code: 1
Script output:
Script stderr:
2017/04/05 09:01:11 exit status 1
Error running docker_machine_validator.exe DockerMachinePTC DOCKER_HOST: 2017/04/05 09:01:11 exit status 1
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