AzureStaticWebApp@0 failing on docker: command not found with Azure Pool

Question

I have an Azure Static Web App
I created an agent pool in Azure
I have a CI/CD pipeline that keeps failing with 'docker: command not found'

I get it's telling me that docker is not installed. But I'm using a standard 'out of the box' Azure pool. Why is that not working?

The error message:
Starting: AzureStaticWebApp

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Task : Deploy Azure Static Web App

Description : [PREVIEW] Build and deploy an Azure Static Web App

Version : 0.247.3

Author : Microsoft Corporation

Help : https://aka.ms/swadocs

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/usr/bin/bash /mnt/vss/_tasks/AzureStaticWebApp{{Redacted}}/0.247.3/launch-docker.sh

/mnt/vss/_work/tasks/AzureStaticWebApp{{Redacted}}/0.247.3/launch-docker.sh: line 1: docker: command not found

- task: AzureStaticWebApp@0
  inputs:
    skip_app_build: true
    skip_api_build: true
    verbose: true
    app_location: '$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)'
    output_location: '/output'
    azure_static_web_apps_api_token: $(deployment_token)

Answer 1

Hello , Welcome to MS Q&A

If Docker is unavailable, ensure you are using the correct Azure-hosted pool. Update your pipeline YAML to explicitly set ubuntu-latest (or another supported agent):

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

Note: Azure-hosted ubuntu-latest comes preinstalled with Docker CLI and the Docker Engine.

To help you more or with exact solution pls help with more error details .

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Thanks

Deepanshu