Unable to Pull Docker Image for SQL Server

Question

docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server

Using default tag: latest

Error response from daemon: failed to resolve reference "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:latest": failed to do request: Head "https://mcr.microsoft.com/v2/mssql/server/manifests/latest": EOF

Answer 1

Hi @Vinod Kumar Nerella ,

The error is usually due to network/DNS issues, not SQL Server. Try the bellow steps.
1.Pull with a specific tag (avoid latest):

docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest
2.Change Docker DNS to Google/Cloudflare:

{ "dns": ["8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1"] }

Restart Docker.
3.If on corporate network/proxy, try from another network (mobile hotspot). Most of the time the pull succeeds after switching networks.

Thanks,
Akhil.

Answer 2

I had the same issue on windows 11 pro and once I disabled IPV6, it worked for me.

Answer 3

Hi @Vinod Kumar Nerella ,

Just checking in were you able to pull the image after trying the alternate tag and DNS change? If not, let me know your Docker version and OS, and we can try a different approach.

Thanks,
Akhil.