Tags: docker

Install Docker on Windows (WSL) without Docker Desktop

February 14, 2021

Updated April 10, 2022, with current Alpine instructions, Debian/Ubuntu package signing tweaks (no more apt-key), and better guidance for handling iptables in Debian. A little more suggestion about TCP access, as well. And further emphasis on the optional nature of the /mnt/wsl/shared-docker socket directory.

Using podman instead of docker on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2)

July 12, 2020

With Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) version 2, running Linux containers is possible and easy. However, Docker does not work without the docker daemon running, systemd is usually used to govern this, and WSL typically does not have systemd running.