Docker With Windows Host and WSL2

Description:

So I did a PC refresh the other day and wanted to move from VirtualBox to using only WSL2. I then went to setup Plex in a container in WSL2 which I then changed later but here is what I initially did to get Docker on Windows. Pretty much just followed the official docs

To Resolve:

1. Make your user a member of the local administrator group or you will have issues with named pipes

2. Upgrade Windows to v2004 via Creator Tool.

3. Setup WSL2:

   Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux" # Mine was already enabled
   Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "VirtualMachinePlatform"
   
   wsl --set-default-version 2
   
   # install / launch Ubuntu
   # create user/pass
   apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y
   
   #close and reopen powershell
   wsl -l -v
      NAME      STATE           VERSION
      * Legacy    Stopped         1
      Ubuntu    Running         1
   wsl --set-version Ubuntu 2
   wsl --set-default-version 2
   wsl --set-default ubuntu
   

4. Download docker

   # launch docker installer
   # Open VSCode
   wsl
   code .
   # this will automatically detect/install Docker
   cd /mnt/c/scripts
   git clone https://github.com/docker/getting-started.git
   cd getting-started
   docker build -t docker01tutorial .
   docker run -d -p 80:80 --name docker-tutorial docker01tutorial
      
   # the next steps won't work from VSCode but will from the Docker Desktop app since you can sign into Docker Hub there and it will work
   # from the GUI of the application
   docker tag docker101tutorial username/docker101tutorial
   docker push username/docker101tutorial
   

5. At this point, you can open a browser to http://localhost and it will redirect to localhost/tutorial on your Windows machine. You could even port forward your external IP to your windows host and it would work.