A set of utility files for using Docker on Windows using WSL 2 (with a sample docker-compose to get started).

.wslconfig

# Settings apply across all Linux distros running on WSL 2
[wsl2]

# Limits VM memory to use no more than 4 GB, this can be set as whole numbers using GB or MB
memory=2GB 

# Sets the VM to use two virtual processors
processors=2

# Turn off default connection to bind WSL 2 localhost to Windows localhost
localhostforwarding=true

# Turns on output console showing contents of dmesg when opening a WSL 2 distro for debugging
debugConsole=true

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.1'

services:
  sql-server-db:
    container_name: sql-server-db
    image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2017-latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "1433:1433"
    environment:
      SA_PASSWORD: "{YOUR_STRONG_PASSWORD}"
      ACCEPT_EULA: "Y"
  mongo:
    image: mongo:latest
    container_name: mongo-db
    restart: always
    environment:
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: root
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: {PASSWORD}
    ports:
      - 27017:27017
  mongo-express:
    image: mongo-express:0.54
    container_name: mongo-express
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8081:8081
    environment:
      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME: root
      ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD: {PASSWORD}
    depends_on:
      - mongo

wsl.conf

[boot]
command = service docker start