WSL Docker Github Setup

The following details how to install Windows Subsystem Linux, Docker, and Github from the ground up on Windows 10/11.

Download, run and install: https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi

Next, run Powershell as Administrator

wsl --set-default-version 2
wsl --install -d Ubuntu-20.04

Next, run Ubuntu. Complete prompt to set user name and password.

Afterwards, install Git for version control.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install git
git config --global user.name {USERNAME}
git config --global user.email {EMAIL}

# add ssh config
mkdir ~/.ssh
vim ~/.ssh/config
Host github.com
    User {USERNAME}
    HostName github.com
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github.com

# create ssh key
ssh-keygen -o -f ~/.ssh/github.com

# print key, use to add SSH key
cat ~/.ssh/github.com.pub

Add SSH key to https://github.com/settings/keys.

Install Docker

sudo apt install docker.io -y
sudo visudo
ubuntu  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dockerd

Configure Docker Daemon to come up automatically. This occasionally fails and sudo dockerd is required instead.

echo '# Start Docker daemon automatically when logging in if not running.' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'RUNNING=`ps aux | grep dockerd | grep -v grep`' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'if [ -z "$RUNNING" ]; then' >> ~/.bashrc
echo '    sudo dockerd > /dev/null 2>&1 &' >> ~/.bashrc
echo '    disown' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'fi' >> ~/.bashrc

Install Docker compose

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
docker-compose --version

# add user to docker group
sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu

Notes:

wsl files are avaliable from root pc: \\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\ubuntu
root pc files are avaliable from wsl /mnt/c/Users/

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WSL Docker Github Setup