Instruction how to set up WSL2 to work with Docker in Windows 10

wsl2-docker.md

On Windows 10 build 18917 or higher

Win / Enable WSL and VMP

PowerShell:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform

Win / Set WSL 2 as default

PowerShell:

wsl --set-default-version 2

Win / Install Linux distro from Microsoft Store

For example Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Win / Optional: Install X11 server

For example VcXsrv.

WSL / Optional: Prepare for X11 on Windows

Add to ~/.bashrc (provide IP of your Windows host):

export DISPLAY=192.168.1.11:0

Win / Install Docker Desktop Edge

Download version 2.1.6.0 or search for latest.
Enable Enable the experimental WSL 2 based engine on General tab.
Enable your WSL distro on Resources tab.

WSL / Install Docker

Bash:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce
sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker
sudo mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
sudo mount -t cgroup -o none,name=systemd cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
sudo service docker start

WSL / Verify

Bash:

docker info
docker run hello-world

Thanks for reporting it. I made it on Windows so it must have change characters and didn't notice that. Fixed now.

I gave up on Docker and went to podman, much much simpler.

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/podman-windows-wsl2