Docker on WSL 2

[purplefeetguy]

This only worked for me using an elevated powershell session:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --list --verbose
NAME STATE VERSION

• Ubuntu Stopped 2
  PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

└──☻ sudo service docker status

• Docker is not running

└──☻ sudo service docker start

• Starting Docker: docker

└──☻ sudo service docker status

• Docker is running

└──☻ docker run hello-world
Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
1b930d010525: Pull complete Digest: sha256:41a65640635299bab090f783209c1e3a3f11934cf7756b09cb2f1e02147c6ed8
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest

Hello from Docker!
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.

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[craigloewen-msft]

Instead of using the sudo service docker start command please try using: /etc/init.d/docker start.

This shouldn't require you to use an elevated powershell instance. Does this solve your problem?

[riparino]

Out of curiosity, are you running a guest using WSL with a docker container inside? VMception?

[purplefeetguy]

no, Hyper-V, WSL 2 with docker installed in WSL 2. I have tried to convert existing WSL deployments on 2 different systems now and both required an elevated powershell session to successfully convert. Once converted, the "service" commands worked fine within WSL 2.

[craigloewen-msft]

@purplefeetguy it seems like your original issue is resolved so I'll close out this issue. :) If it isn't, please re-open!