Install Docker on Windows (WSL) Without Docker Desktop (opens in new tab)

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2 pointsjdbowman5y ago2 comments

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Seems overly complicated. I installed Docker CE right from docker.com in Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL2 with only 2 'issues' both due to lack of systemd:

  1.) Missing cgroups under /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
       mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
       mount -t cgroup -o none,name=systemd cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
      
  2.) No launch at 'startup'
      put the docker start in your .bashrd

Also, 'Kind'(1) works really well for setting up K8s envs in WSL2

1)https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/

jdbowmanOP5y ago

Good tips! Yes, if Ubuntu from the Store is your flavor, then your setup makes huge sense.

I am obsessed with experimenting with methods that can work on a variety of WSL distros. Give it a couple months, and I may be back to your straightforward suggestion. For now, I am really satisfied with my present configuration, though. Time will tell.

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