Docker Desktop with WSL2 Unable to Start

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All of a sudden my working Docker and WSL2 stopped working. I now get the following:

$ docker ps
Error response from daemon: dial unix /mnt/wsl/docker-desktop/shared-sockets/guest-services/docker.sock: connect: no such file or directory

Note: Docker is working and available via Windows.

I've tried the following, without any luck:

  • Reinstalling Docker Desktop.
  • Reinstalling Docker in WSL.
  • Creating the .sock file manually.

Versions

  • Docker Desktop version: 2.3.0.3 (45519)
  • WSL2 with Ubuntu 18.04
PS C:\Users\ms> wsl -l -v
  NAME                   STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-18.04           Running         2
  docker-desktop-data    Running         2
  docker-desktop         Running         2

Any suggestions?

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6 Answers

I know this may sounds REALLY dumb but have you restarted your computer? I had a similar issue and when I restarted my computer, it worked.

user_102828320

After trying multiple things, repair of Ubuntu, a reset of Ubunutu. What worked for me was to:

  • uninstall Ubuntu (after backing up my files)
  • uninstall Docker Desktop
  • reinstall the latest version of Ubuntu 20.20
  • reinstall Docker Desktop
user_13251330

No need to install docker desktop, it only generates problems and makes things slower in windows. If you install Docker this way you will never ever again run into that problem:

# INSTALL DOCKER PACKAGE
sudo -E apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo -E apt-get -qq install docker.io -y
# DOCKER DAEMON STARTUP (Substitute .bashrc for .zshrc or any other shell you use)
rcfile=~/.bashrc
echo '# Start Docker daemon automatically when logging in if not running.' >> $rcfile
echo 'RUNNING=`ps aux | grep dockerd | grep -v grep`' >> $rcfile
echo 'if [ -z "$RUNNING" ]; then' >> $rcfile
echo '    sudo dockerd > /dev/null 2>&1 &' >> $rcfile
echo '    disown' >> $rcfile
echo 'fi' >> $rcfile
# ENABLE CURRENT USER AS SUDO FOR DOCKER
echo $USER' ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dockerd' | sudo EDITOR='tee -a' visudo
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
# REBOOT VM MACHINE
wsl.exe --shutdown

After installation ends, open a new Ubuntu terminal and it will be ready to rock from now on. You can run any docker image such as:

docker run hello-world

or

docker run -it ubuntu
user_76914770

I found (in powershell) wsl --list --verbose

docker-desktop-data stopped

The reason was that docker-desktop decided to use windows containers. I don't know why.

user_7673580

Try turning off all firewalls on Windows, Then quit docker Desktop and open it again

or

open powershell and run New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "WSL" -Direction Inbound -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (WSL)" -Action Allow, from: https://visualgdb.com/documentation/wsl2/

or

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user_166549160

If you use Windows, try these two commands in cmd:

sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

After these two commands restart your computer.

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