Running Docker on WSL2 without Docker Desktop

Overview

These scripts enables a docker environment on Windows 10 without the need for Docker Desktop.

What the scripts do

1. Enables WSL and Hyper-V if needed
2. Install kernel update for wsl2
3. Downloads latest Ubuntu 20.04 Distro and creates a wsl distribution named LocalDockerHost
4. Runs an sh script that installs docker in the Ubuntu distro

Running the script

1. Open a powershell as administrator
2. Make sure your execution policy is set to at least RemoteSigned

Get-ExecutionPolicy
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

3. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Shurugwi/Wsl2Docker.git

4. Run the powershell script

.\DockerOnWsl2.ps1

5. Start the instance

wsl -d LocalDockerHost

Delete the wsl instance

wsl --unregister LocalDockerHost