Cannot Connect to Docker Daemon - Windows 10 WSL

Question

I am using Ubuntu Bash is windows 10. I have been struggling with connecting to the Docker Daemon. There has been couple of queries in the past which I followed with not luck.

From the search I could see that the TCP endpoint need to be open for connection to the Docker Daemon. Followed the following excellent posts with no luck:

https://blog.jayway.com/2017/04/19/running-docker-on-bash-on-windows/ https://blog.bigfont.ca/run-docker-from-the-wsl/

The content of the above blogs are of few months back. May be process has changed for today. Please guide.

Answer 1

从您的WSL命令行尝试以下命令：

echo "export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://localhost:2375" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashr

Answer 2

If you are getting wsl-2, hypervyser issues try following hacks

1) Open services from windows start menu

2. Click on Startup type and select Automatic

Note:

If you are getting the issue of " Access denied " while selecting Startup type as Automatic then open your PowerShell and type the following command:

(Make sure you have admin access for PowerShell)

 Set-Service LxssManager -StartupType "Automatic"

Done, Now open your docker desktop app