Install Docker to WSL

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Prerequisites

Install Docker to WSL

Install Docker to WSL (see Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu - Docker Docs):

# Add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

# Add the repository to Apt sources:
echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Check docker command is valid:

sudo docker run hello-world

Manage Docker as a non-root user

Check docker group is existing (see Linux post-installation steps for Docker Engine - Docker Docs):

grep docker /etc/group

# If there is docker group, following response will be shown:
# docker:x:999:

# If not, add docker group:
sudo groupadd docker

Add my user to the docker group:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Reboot WSL on PowerShell (not on WSL):

wsl --shutdown

Activate the docker group on WSL:

newgrp docker

Then, check you can run docker command without sudo:

docker run hello-world

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