🏔️ Alpine - Key Management Server

Activate any version of Windows and Office, forever

SYNOPSIS

What can I do with this? This image will run a KMS server you can use to activate any version of Windows and Office.

Works with:

Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10 ( 1511 / 1607 / 1703 / 1709 / 1803 / 1809 )
Windows 10 ( 1903 / 1909 / 20H1, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 )
Windows 11 ( 21H2 )
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
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 )

VOLUMES

/kms/var - Directory of the activation database

COMPOSE

version: "3.8"
services:
  kms:
    image: "11notes/kms:latest"
    container_name: "postgres"
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Zurich
    volumes:
      - "kms-var:/kms/var"
    networks:
      - kms
    restart: always
  whodb:
    image: "11notes/whodb:latest"
    container_name: "whodb"
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Zurich
    volumes:
      - "kms-var:/whodb/var"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080/tcp"
    networks:
      - kms
      - frontend
    restart: always
volumes:
  kms-var:
networks:
  kms:
    internal: true
  frontend:

EXAMPLES

Windows Server 2022 Datacenter. List of GVLK

slmgr /ipk WX4NM-KYWYW-QJJR4-XV3QB-6VM33

Add your KMS server information to server

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

slmgr /ato

DEFAULT SETTINGS

Parameter	Value	Description
`user`	docker	user docker
`uid`	1000	user id 1000
`gid`	1000	group id 1000
`home`	/kms	home directory of user docker
`database`	/kms/var/kms.db	SQlite database holding all client data

ENVIRONMENT

Parameter	Value	Default
`TZ`	Time Zone
`DEBUG`	Show debug information
`KMS_IP`	localhost or 127.0.0.1 or a dedicated IP	0.0.0.0
`KMS_PORT`	any port > 1024	1688
`KMS_LOCALE`	see Microsoft LICD specification	1033 (en-US)
`KMS_CLIENTCOUNT`	client count >= 25	25
`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

PARENT IMAGE

11notes/alpine:stable

BUILT WITH

TIPS

Allow non-root ports < 1024 via echo "net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start={n}" > /etc/sysctl.d/ports.conf
Use a reverse proxy like Traefik, Nginx to terminate TLS with a valid certificate
Use Let’s Encrypt certificates to protect your SSL endpoints
Microsoft LICD

ElevenNotes^™️

This image is provided to you at your own risk. Always make backups before updating an image to a new version. Check the changelog for breaking changes. You can find all my repositories on github.

11notes/docker-kms