You should see something like the following: > dism. exe /online /enable -feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart In the same, elevated command prompt, run: dism. WSL 2 uses a lightweight VM, so you need to enable the Virtual Machine feature available in Windows 10 version 1903 and higher. That enables WSL, but we're going to enable the newer WSL 2 version, which Docker Desktop can use to run the VM it needs to run containers. exe /online /enable -feature /featurename:Microsoft -Windows -Subsystem -Linux /all /norestartĭeployment Image Servicing and Management toolĮnabling feature (s )

exe /online /enable -feature /featurename:Microsoft -Windows -Subsystem -Linux /all /norestart Open PowerShell as Administrator (I hit the Start key, type powershell and hit ctrl+shift+enter to open an elevated command prompt). We'll start by installing WSL 1 by enabling the WSL feature.

On Windows Pro, you can also use Hyper-V, but that is deprecated now, so WSL 2 is the way to go in all cases. If you're running Windows Home, WSL 2 is the only way to run Docker Desktop. We'll install it as a prerequisite for Docker Desktop for Windows. WSL 2 also provides a mechanism for running Docker (with Linux containers) on your Windows machine. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a way to run a full Linux environment on your Windows machine, without having to install a 'heavier' virtual machine, such as Virtual Box, VM Ware, or Hyper-V. Finally, I show the the experience of running a container and how it looks in Docker Desktop. I'll start by describing how to install WSL 2 based on the install documents, then show how to install Docker Desktop. Previously I've always worked with Linux in a Virtual Machine using something like VMWare or Virtual Box, but I decided to give Docker Desktop a try, and was pleasantly surprised by the experience! If so, as a workaround you have to set up a special mountpoint inside /etc/fstab and start your container from there.In this post, I describe how to install WSL 2 to serve as the backend for Docker Desktop for Windows.

(bonus!) Bind custom mount points to fix Docker for Windows and WSL differences (thanks to might encounter various strange problems with volumes while starting up Docker containers from WSL.

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