docker not detected by BOINC

[khantomofopera]

Hi I have installed boinc-buda-runner on Windows 10 Home edition as per the instructions. The WSL distro is detected by BOINC manager upon startup however it does not seem to detect docker. How can I fix this please?

Also, how can I tell which of the tasks running on my machine are running docker?

Event log extract is below.

05/01/2026 22:43:43 | | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
05/01/2026 22:43:43 | | Starting BOINC client version 8.2.8 for windows_x86_64
05/01/2026 22:43:43 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
05/01/2026 22:43:43 | | Libraries: libcurl/8.17.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1
05/01/2026 22:43:43 | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
05/01/2026 22:43:43 | | Running under account Shahbaz Khan
05/01/2026 22:43:56 | | GPU detection failed: process exited after the time-out interval elapsed
05/01/2026 22:43:56 | | No usable GPUs found
05/01/2026 22:45:20 | | Docker detection in boinc-buda-runner:
05/01/2026 22:45:20 | | - cmd: podman --version
05/01/2026 22:45:20 | | - output:
05/01/2026 22:45:21 | | Docker detection in boinc-buda-runner:
05/01/2026 22:45:21 | | - cmd: docker --version
05/01/2026 22:45:21 | | - output: /bin/sh: docker: not found
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Windows processor group 0: 4 processors
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Computer name: Matrix
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3337U CPU @ 1.80GHz [Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9]
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes f16c rdrandsyscall nx lm avx tm2 pbe fsgsbase smep
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.19045.00)
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Memory: 7.88 GB physical, 9.13 GB virtual
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Disk: 183.14 GB total, 50.83 GB free
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Local time is UTC +0 hours
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | Usable WSL distros:
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | - boinc-buda-runner (WSL 2) (default)
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | - OS: unknown (unknown)
05/01/2026 22:45:32 | | - BOINC WSL distro version 4

[AenBleidd]

@khantomofopera, have you tried running this installer?

[khantomofopera]

I ran the installer and the installation completed successfully. I then restarted my machine and BOINC Manager. However, the event log still shows the following, and there is a notice from BOINC Central "No usable WSL distros found." and a notice from BOINC "Some projects require Docker. We recommend that you install it."
06/01/2026 19:35:06 | | Docker detection in boinc-buda-runner:
06/01/2026 19:35:06 | | - cmd: podman --version
06/01/2026 19:35:06 | | - output:
06/01/2026 19:35:06 | | Docker detection in boinc-buda-runner:
06/01/2026 19:35:06 | | - cmd: docker --version
06/01/2026 19:35:06 | | - output: /bin/sh: docker: not found

[khantomofopera]

I uninstalled BOINC client, restarted my machine, and re-installed the client, and that seems to have fixed it. The event log now shows boinc-buda-runner as usable WSL distro and there are no notices about Docker on the "Notices" tab.

[AenBleidd]

Also, how can I tell which of the tasks running on my machine are running docker?

At the moment, the only project that has docker jobs is BOINC Central.