Activate any version of Windows and Office, forever
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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 )
- /var - Directory of the activation database
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
slmgr /ipk D764K-2NDRG-47T6Q-P8T8W-YP6DFAdd your KMS server information to server via registry
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 /atoThis 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.
| Parameter | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
user |
docker | user name |
uid |
1000 | user identifier |
gid |
1000 | group identifier |
home |
/kms | home directory of user docker |
database |
/kms/var/kms.db | SQlite database holding all client data |
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
TZ |
Time Zone | |
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 |
- Use a reverse proxy like Traefik, Nginx, HAproxy to terminate TLS and to protect your endpoints
- Use Let’s 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
- Use 11notes/kms-gui if you want to see the clients you activated in a nice GUI
This image is provided to you at your own risk. Always make backups before updating an image to a different version. Check the releases for breaking changes. If you have any problems with using this image simply raise an issue, thanks. If you have a question or inputs please create a new discussion instead of an issue. You can find all my other repositories on github.