Cannot start Docker on WSL2

pysquirrel

11/8/23, 12:52 PM

I am running Docker Desktop on W11. Docker Desktop > Settings > Resources > WSL Integration is enabled. Tried to restart the WSL from services (Lxssmanager) or to shutdown/reboot it with wsl --shutdown, no effect.

WSL Integration enabled

Although when I try to build image from Dockerfile this error pops up:

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?

$ docker info

Client:
 Context:    default
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., v0.9.1)
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc., v2.12.1)
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc., v0.0.3)
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc., v0.2.13)
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc., 0.6.0)
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc., v0.21.0)

Server:
ERROR: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
errors pretty printing info

It can't connect to dockerd, but somehow it prints out some information? I'm confused.

$ sudo systemctl start docker

Failed to start docker.service: Unit docker.service not found.

Any tips are welcome! Thank you

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