Running Docker on WSL2 natively. Problem connecting to the doemon without localhost

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Hi guys,
I’m new to Docker but I’ve been following the development of WSL2 for quite some time. Just a few days ago, Microsoft released the build 2020 for the insider program, which includes the new WSL2.
I have tried to install docker to run directly on the subsystem and it boots up without any problem.
Unfortunately, though there is a bug with WSL2 so basically we can not use localhost address at the moment.

So I set up a known static IP on my machine and then I applied the following changes the docker host:
export DOCKER_HOST=ip.add.of.my.machine:2375

I also changed the Windows Firewall config to ensure that incoming connections to the port 2375 are not blocked.

But I keep getting a connection refused error. Any ideas?

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Hi, not sure if you are experiencing the same issue I just did. Installed Docker per the Ubuntu instructions into WSL2. Tried to run sudo docker run hello-world and got the connection error. Ran sudo service docker start then reran sudo docker run hello-world and it worked. Hopefully that addresses the issue you are experiencing.

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Can you give us the link to this issue please?

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Hello guys, sorry for the slow response but I’m very busy these days. This is the link WSL2 on Microsoft website

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Hmm, I’m not sure about that but I’ll check it out as soon as I can. Thank you for your feedback

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this actually worked for me! thanks