ChristophShyper/wsl2-docker.md

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    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