Docker-engine-for-WSL.md

Distord - WSL Distribution Installer

Installation - Ubuntu

• Download the latest latest-distrod-wsl-launcher and start the launcher
• Select Ubuntu and focal in the available options and continue to install
• It asks for username and password as part of the installation process
• Verify is systemd is running using ps -ef | grep -i systemd

Docker Setup

• Update OS and Install latest libs

  sudo apt-get update
  
  sudo apt-get install \
        ca-certificates \
        curl \
        gnupg \
        lsb-release

• Add GPG key

  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

• Setup stable repo

  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

• Install docker engine

  sudo apt-get update
  
  sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

• To use docker as non-root user

  sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

• Automatically start on startup

  sudo systemctl enable docker.service
  
  sudo systemctl enable containerd.service

References

• https://github.com/nullpo-head/wsl-distrod
• https://lippertmarkus.com/2021/09/04/containers-without-docker-desktop/
• https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository