Docker + WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) Commands

docker.md

1. Status/Start/Restart
   • systemctl {status, start, stop, restart} docker.service
2. Cleanup cache
   • docker system prune -a
3. Config
   • sudo vim /etc/default/docker
4. docker0 interface
   • ifconfig | grep docker0 (docker0 is Docker's bridge network)
   • Only if firewalls are installed
     • First: check for all services: sudo systemctl list-units --type=service
     • If firewall found, then: sudo firewall-cmd --list-all-zones | grep -E "^[a-z]|interfaces:"

networks.md

1. Ports

   • lsof -i :<port>
   • ss -tulnp | grep <port>
   • netstat -tulnp | grep <port>

2. Firewall: iptables , ufw, firewall-cmd

   • First: check for all services: sudo systemctl list-units --type=service
   • sudo ufw {status, enable, disable, reload}
   • sudo systemctl status iptables --> sudo iptables -L -v
   • sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

wsl.md

1. Commands

   • Check installed distros: wsl -l -v
   • Set default wsl version for distros (prior to installing): wsl --set-default-version 2
   • Install Ubuntu 22.04: wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04
   • Select a specific distro: wsl -d <DistributionName>
   • Delete a specific distro: wsl --unregister <DistributionName>

2. Docker commands

   • Sample python docker:
     • docker pull python:3.11
     • docker run -it --network=host python:3.11 bash