# ๐๏ธ kms on Alpine
[
](https://github.com/11notes/docker-kms)[
](https://github.com/11notes/docker-kms/issues)
**Activate any version of Windows and Office, forever**
# MAIN TAGS ๐ท๏ธ
These are the main tags for the image. There is also a tag for each commit and its shorthand sha256 value.
* [465f4d1](https://hub.docker.com/r/11notes/kms/tags?name=465f4d1)
* [stable](https://hub.docker.com/r/11notes/kms/tags?name=stable)
* [latest](https://hub.docker.com/r/11notes/kms/tags?name=latest)
* [465f4d1-unraid](https://hub.docker.com/r/11notes/kms/tags?name=465f4d1-unraid)
* [stable-unraid](https://hub.docker.com/r/11notes/kms/tags?name=stable-unraid)
* [latest-unraid](https://hub.docker.com/r/11notes/kms/tags?name=latest-unraid)
# SYNOPSIS ๐
**What can I do with this?** This image will run a KMS server you can use to activate any version of Windows and Office, forever.
Works with:
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2025
- Microsoft Office 2010 ( Volume License )
- Microsoft Office 2013 ( Volume License )
- Microsoft Office 2016 ( Volume License )
- Microsoft Office 2019 ( Volume License )
- Microsoft Office 2021 ( Volume License )
- Microsoft Office 2024 ( Volume License )
# VOLUMES ๐
* **/var** - Directory of the activation database
# COMPOSE โ๏ธ
```yaml
name: "kms"
services:
kms:
image: "11notes/kms:465f4d1"
container_name: "kms"
environment:
TZ: "Europe/Zurich"
volumes:
- "var:/kms/var"
ports:
- "1688:1688/tcp"
restart: "always"
kms-gui:
image: "11notes/kms-gui:stable"
container_name: "kms-gui"
environment:
TZ: "Europe/Zurich"
volumes:
- "var:/kms/var"
ports:
- "8080:8080/tcp"
restart: "always"
volumes:
var:
```
## Windows Server 2025 Datacenter. List of [GVLK](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kms-client-activation-keys)
```cmd
slmgr /ipk D764K-2NDRG-47T6Q-P8T8W-YP6DF
```
Add your KMS server information to server via registry
```powershell
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform" -Name "KeyManagementServiceName" -Value "KMS_IP"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform" -Name "KeyManagementServicePort" -Value "KMS_PORT"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" -Name "KeyManagementServiceName" -Value "KMS_IP"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform" -Name "KeyManagementServicePort" -Value "KMS_PORT"
```
Activate server
```cmd
slmgr /ato
```
# UNRAID VERSION ๐
This image supports unraid by default. Simply add **-unraid** to any tag and the image will run as 99:100 instead of 1000:1000 causing no issues on unraid. Enjoy.
# DEFAULT SETTINGS ๐๏ธ
| Parameter | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `user` | docker | user name |
| `uid` | 1000 | [user identifier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_identifier) |
| `gid` | 1000 | [group identifier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_identifier) |
| `home` | /kms | home directory of user docker |
| `database` | /kms/var/kms.db | SQlite database holding all client data |
# ENVIRONMENT ๐
| Parameter | Value | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `TZ` | [Time Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) | |
| `DEBUG` | Will activate debug option for container image and app (if available) | |
| `KMS_LOCALE` | see Microsoft LICD specification | 1033 (en-US) |
| `KMS_CLIENTCOUNT` | client count > 25 | 26 |
| `KMS_ACTIVATIONINTERVAL` | Retry unsuccessful after N minutes | 120 (2 hours) |
| `KMS_RENEWALINTERVAL` | re-activation after N minutes | 259200 (180 days) |
| `KMS_LOGLEVEL` | CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG, MININFO | INFO |
# SOURCE ๐พ
* [11notes/kms](https://github.com/11notes/docker-kms)
# PARENT IMAGE ๐๏ธ
* [11notes/alpine:stable](https://hub.docker.com/r/11notes/alpine)
# BUILT WITH ๐งฐ
* [py-kms](https://github.com/Py-KMS-Organization/py-kms)
* [alpine](https://alpinelinux.org)
# GENERAL TIPS ๐
* Use a reverse proxy like Traefik, Nginx, HAproxy to terminate TLS and to protect your endpoints
* Use Letโs Encrypt DNS-01 challenge to obtain valid SSL certificates for your services
* Do not expose this image to WAN! You will get notified from Microsoft via your ISP to terminate the service if you do so
* [Microsoft LICD](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_standards/ms-oe376/6c085406-a698-4e12-9d4d-c3b0ee3dbc4a)
* Use [11notes/kms-gui](https://github.com/11notes/docker-kms-gui) if you want to see the clients you activated in a nice GUI
# ElevenNotesโข๏ธ
This image is provided to you at your own risk. Always make backups before updating an image to a different version. Check the [releases](https://github.com/11notes/docker-kms/releases) for breaking changes. If you have any problems with using this image simply raise an [issue](https://github.com/11notes/docker-kms/issues), thanks. If you have a question or inputs please create a new [discussion](https://github.com/11notes/docker-kms/discussions) instead of an issue. You can find all my other repositories on [github](https://github.com/11notes?tab=repositories).