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Installing Docker in Ubuntu on WSL
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Installing Docker in Ubuntu on WSL

Install upstream Docker

Follow the instructions here

Start the service and troubleshoot problems

sudo service docker start

See if the Docker daemon is running:

sudo docker ps

If you get an error about not being able to connect to the Docker socket check the logs at /var/logs/docker.log. You can confirm that the service is in fact down with service docker status. If you see something about iptables you'll want to edit /etc/init.d/docker. Look for the line with DOCKER_OPTS= and edit it to read

DOCKER_OPTS="--iptables=false"

Restart the service with sudo service docker start and confirm it's running with service docker status. Note that this is obviously not the most secure approach but for development environments it should be fine.

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mivade commented May 23, 2023

This seems to work for running containers but I am unable to access outside network resources from inside of the containers.

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mivade commented May 23, 2023

Alternative method: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/install-docker-in-wsl-2-without-docker-desktop

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