No Kubernetes Option in Docker Desktop for Windows

Just getting started on Docker and after installing Docker Desktop on a Windows 10 Pro machine, the option to enable Kubernetes is missing from the context menu when using Windows containers. See the attached image. When I switch to Linux containers the option appears. Various reading I've done seems to indicate that it should be available to Windows containers too. What am I missing?

Windows 10 Pro (10.0.17134.1006)

Docker Desktop 2.1.0.5

After update:

Settings after update:

You need to first switch to Edge version by going to the

Docker -> Settings -> General tab.

Then, you have to enable the kubernetes.


Open Docker for Windows settings by accessing your system tray and navigate to the Kubernetes tab. Select the checkbox for Enable Kubernetes to start a single-node cluster when starting Docker.

Reference: https://medium.com/@damiannolan/kubernetes-on-docker-for-windows-5ca0c6395668

As per this old link and a latest one, Kubernetes needs a Linux master node and thus the kubernetes cluster can be initialized only from linux containers in Docker desktop for Windows. After enabling and starting the docker containers, you can add Windows containers the the running kubernetes cluster.

This will give you much clear context.

StackExchange DevOps Q#10166, answer score: 4