Installing Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL2) and Docker in Windows 10

Installing Docker in Windows system is not always a straight-forward process since Windows 10 doesn’t provide support for Hyper-V. Though it provides Windows Hypervisor Platform, it doesn’t help for Docker installation. We must install WSL in order to install an run Docker in our Windows system.

Run the following commands in your CMD/PowerShell with admin privilege to get the process done!

First check whether Hypervisor is enables in your system or not

systeminfo

After running the above command scroll down to the last and check the Hyper-V Requirements section. If its not enabled, enable it from BIOS. If it is enabled then proceed to the next command.

Install Microsoft Windows Subsystem Linux

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

Install Virtual Machine Platform

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Download and Install WSL2

Use this https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi link to download WSL2. After downloading, install it.

Set WSL 2 as your default version

wsl --set-default-version 2

Install your Linux distribution of choice

Check the available linux distors by running wsl --list --online. Let’s install Ubuntu 20.04.

wsl --install -d Ubuntu-20.04

Download and Install Docker

Download Docker from https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop and install t.

For latest update on WLS installation in Windows, please follow this official page. Another useful resource might be this.