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felix001
felix001

Reputation: 16751

Docker Desktop with WSL2 Unable to Start

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:

Versions

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?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 30255

Answers (7)

Ash Lawson
Ash Lawson

Reputation: 19

I've just had this problem in June 2024, here's what I did:

  1. Go to Docker Desktop->Settings->General

Make sure you have "Use the WSL 2 based engine" checked. AFAIK, this used to be the only checkbox/config. But... not anymore!

WSL 2 option one

  1. Go to Resources->WSL integration Make sure "Enable integration with my default WSL distro" is checked and below that move the slider to on your distro. WSL 2 option 2

This is listed under "Enable integration with additional distros", but it only lists my default here!

For me, both of these were not set and it failed to mount my distro, just like the OP. Now everything is working.

Perhaps a reinstall enables these by default.

Upvotes: 0

mkow93
mkow93

Reputation: 1

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

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

After these two commands restart your computer.

Upvotes: -2

Akkuman
Akkuman

Reputation: 41

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

enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Gryffe
Gryffe

Reputation: 411

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.

Upvotes: -1

Oscar
Oscar

Reputation: 1397

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

Upvotes: 12

felix001
felix001

Reputation: 16751

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

Upvotes: 0

Roma
Roma

Reputation: 673

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.

Upvotes: 1

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