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Install Docker in WSL and use it on Windows
First, install WSL for windows : search from start menu for “Turn Windows features on or off” and select “Windows Subsystem for linux”
Next, install ubuntu:
wsl --set-default-version 2 wsl --install -d Ubuntu
Go in Ubuntu:
wsl -l -v wsl -d Ubuntu
From there, install docker:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io sudo groupadd docker sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
To start:
sudo service docker start
To automatically start at startup, add at the end of the file:
vi ~/.bashrc if (! pgrep dockerd > /dev/null); then sudo service docker start fi
And also in order to not require a password for the above command, add to the end:
sudo visudo your-username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service docker start
Now you can run wsl docker commands.
To get rid of the wsl prefix save this as docker.bat in C:\Windows:
- docker.bat
@echo off wsl docker %*
Automatically Start Ubuntu WSL at Startup without Showing CMD
To automatically start WSL (specifically the Ubuntu distribution) during Windows startup without showing the CMD window, follow these steps:
- Open Notepad and create a batch script with the following command:
```
@echo off wsl -d Ubuntu ``` - This command launches the **Ubuntu** distribution in WSL. Replace `Ubuntu` with your distribution name if necessary.
- Save the file as `start_wsl.bat` in the `C:\Windows` directory:
- In Notepad, click File > Save As….
- Choose C:\Windows as the location.
- Name the file `start_wsl.bat`.
- In the Save as type dropdown, select All Files (important!).
- Create a shortcut to the batch file:
- Right-click on the `start_wsl.bat` file, and choose Create Shortcut.
- Set the shortcut to run minimized:
- Right-click the newly created shortcut, and select Properties.
- In the Shortcut tab, set Run to Minimized.
- Click OK to save the settings.
- Move the shortcut to the Windows Startup folder:
- Press *Win + R*, and type `shell:startup`, then hit Enter. This opens the Startup folder.
- Move the shortcut you created into this folder.
Now, WSL (Ubuntu) will automatically start whenever Windows boots up, without showing the CMD window.