Thanks for saving me those 2 hours:D
Hi
Please add this solution to the troubleshooting docs.
Hey @genep! Welcome to the Kinsta Community! Your request has been passed along to our content team. Hopefully, we can get it added to the page soon. Thanks a bunch!
So, itās been over five months since Docker removed the docker-desktop-data WSL distribution. I see only two options for using DevKinsta, both of which are kinda contrary to what Docker says to do.
- Downgrade Docker
- Use Hyper-V which Docker documentation says has performance issues, with strong recommendations that WSL2 be used.
Sorry, I am using Docker for other purposes as well, and I am not interested in either downgrading the version, or reinstalling to use a lower-performance alternative.
I note that there is no support offered for DevKinsta other than this community forum.
Is DevKinsta under active development?
I wanted to use it because attempting a WordPress automatic upgrade corrupted the entire site, so I need to debug and fix the problem offline and re-upload to live. But if DevKinsta is no longer a viable tool, Iāll have to use a staging area instead.
Iāll uninstall it for the moment, and wait for the dev team to announce support for Docker 4.30+ and Windows 11.
Hi @IainMcc
Welcome to the Kinsta Community!
Iām sorry to hear that the two options you mentioned donāt work for you. Unfortunately, development for DevKinsta is currently on pause. This means that while our developer team is working to keep DevKinsta SOC-2 compliant and will continue to resolve any critical security bugs, further app improvements are on hold until further notice. Having said that, there is no ETA on when Docker 4.30+ with WSL will be fully compatible with our DevKinsta app.
Hi @Adrian_L
Thanks very much for the rapid and direct reply! I really appreciate it, in an era when so many support people mumble and fail to read the question, or let AI ramble incoherently on their behalf about āsolutionsā that have nothing to do with the problem.
I figured that DevKinsta was in maintenance mode or even heading for EOL, when I dug in after posting. The absence of Windows 11 from the docs 3 years after release, and the explicit revocation of the certs in the installer exe were pretty big flags.
Ok, Iāll see if I can create a PHP/nginx/MySQL Docker stack to somewhat imitate your hosting env and snag the site via myPhpAdmin and SFTP, and try to solve the WP-update-corrupts-the-site issue I have.
Thanks again for the good response!