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Installing Office into Windows Container (servercore:ltsc2019) failed with error code 17002


Error Message

ODT (Office Deployment Tool) log reported error when installing into Windows Container (Server Core): C2R client returned failing error code, error code: 17002

Environments

Dockerfile

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2019
WORKDIR C:/setup
COPY . . 
ENTRYPOINT startup.cmd

startup.cmd

curl.exe https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/7/A/27AF1BE6-DD20-4CB4-B154-EBAB8A7D4A7E/officedeploymenttool_12325-20288.exe  --output .\
officedeploymenttool_12325-20288.exe
officedeploymenttool_12325-20288.exe /quiet /passive /extract:.
setup.exe /configure o365.xml
powershell -file test-o365.ps1
pause

o365.xml

<Configuration>
  <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Monthly">
    <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
      <Language ID="en-us" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
  <!--  <Updates Enabled="TRUE" Channel="Monthly" /> -->
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
  <Logging Level="Standard" Path="." />
  <!--  <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />  -->
</Configuration>

test-o365.ps1

# Write current datetime into result.xlsx to verify that Office COM component is working.
$filename = [System.Environment]::CurrentDirectory + "\result.xlsx"
$filename
if ([System.IO.File]::Exists($filename )) {    
    Remove-Item $filename 
}
$xl=New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$xl.Visible=$false
$wb=$xl.WorkBooks.Add()
$ws=$wb.WorkSheets.item(1)
$ws.Cells.Item(1,1)= [System.DateTime]::Now
$wb.SaveAs($filename)
$xl.Quit()

More information

We are already aware of 'server-side Automation of Office' issues as mentioned in article [3]. At current stage, we are evaluating the possibility on running legacy ASP.NET application in Windows container, with Office/COM inter-operation enabled.

References

  1. Overview of the Office Deployment Tool
  2. What is the Server Core installation option in Windows Server?
  3. Considerations for server-side Automation of Office

Solution

  • I've been struggling with this for a while, and finally got it to work. I found the solution to the 17002 error was to run the setup.exe /configure config.xml while running the docker image interactively, and then committing that container. This worked for me on the windows:1809 image.

    Full writeup

    I'm copying the downloaded office files into the docker image separately, as I was having issues with getting the download to work from inside the docker file (see here). So I have the folder Office at the same level as the docker file with the contents of setup.exe /download config.xml. Then the docker file below builds a base image. I ran docker run -it {IMAGEID} powershell, navigate to C:\\odtsetup and with the interactive console run setup.exe /configure config.xml, exit the container and run

    docker stop {CONTAINERID}
    docker commit {CONTAINERID}` 
    

    I now have a base windows server image with docker installed, and can use it in the dockerfile for my application. If I need to update the server image or excel version I'll need to do this manually again, but I'm just thankful it's working.

    DOCKERFILE

    FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
    WORKDIR C:\\odtsetup
    ADD https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/7/A/27AF1BE6-DD20-4CB4-B154-EBAB8A7D4A7E/officedeploymenttool_13426-20308.exe odtsetup.exe
    RUN odtsetup.exe /quiet /norestart /extract:C:\\odtsetup
    ADD config.xml .
    ADD Office Office\\
    

    config.xml

    <Configuration>
      <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="PerpetualVL2019">
        <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
          <Language ID="MatchOS" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="PowerPoint" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
          <ExcludeApp ID="Word" />
        </Product>
      </Add>
      <Updates Enabled="FALSE" />
      <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
      <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1"/>
      <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />
      <Remove All="TRUE">
      </Remove>
    </Configuration>