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mike
mike

Reputation: 1683

How can I reset Docker Desktop and Kubernetes on Windows 11/WSL2

I setup Kubernetes in Docker Desktop with WSL2

Everything was working until I tried to setup a new context for GCloud. That setup was too fragile locally, so now I'm trying to reset config back to only the docker-desktop context

I used the cli to remove the context, which didn't take it out of Docker Desktop (DD), so I uninstalled and reinstalled DD, which also didn't remove it.

In WSL2 I tried to force a full reinstall by deleting ~/.kube and reinstalling DD in Windows (bad mistake)

This has left everything broken.

How do I fully reset/reinstall Docker Desktop & Kubernetes, forcing a reinstall inside WSL2 as well, or is there a command like init kubectl?

Is there a way to get the standard version of the .kube/config file that I can use to reset things myself?

mike@Mike:~$ kubectl version
Client Version: v1.31.4
Kustomize Version: v5.4.2
The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

mike@Mike:~/.kube$ kubectl get pods
E0225 19:56:34.345048    1347 memcache.go:265] "Unhandled Error" err="couldn't get current server API group list: Get \"http://localhost:8080/api?timeout=32s\": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: connect: connection refused"
E0225 19:56:34.346521    1347 memcache.go:265] "Unhandled Error" err="couldn't get current server API group list: Get \"http://localhost:8080/api?timeout=32s\": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: connect: connection refused"
E0225 19:56:34.347936    1347 memcache.go:265] "Unhandled Error" err="couldn't get current server API group list: Get \"http://localhost:8080/api?timeout=32s\": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: connect: connection refused"
E0225 19:56:34.349328    1347 memcache.go:265] "Unhandled Error" err="couldn't get current server API group list: Get \"http://localhost:8080/api?timeout=32s\": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: connect: connection refused"
E0225 19:56:34.350654    1347 memcache.go:265] "Unhandled Error" err="couldn't get current server API group list: Get \"http://localhost:8080/api?timeout=32s\": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: connect: connection refused"
The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

~/.kube/config

apiVersion: v1
clusters: null
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: ""
    user: ""
  name: docker-desktop
current-context: ""
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users: null

Upvotes: 0

Views: 94

Answers (1)

Fariya Rahmat
Fariya Rahmat

Reputation: 3250

To fully reset/reinstall Docker Desktop & Kubernetes, forcing a reinstall inside WSL2

  1. Select the Docker menu and then Troubleshoot option.

  2. Select the Troubleshoot icon near the top-right corner of Docker Dashboard.

  3. Choose Reset to factory defaults option to reset all options on Docker Desktop to their initial state, the same as when Docker Desktop was first installed.

To get the standard version of the .kube/config file follow the below steps:

  1. Open the Docker Desktop Dashboard and go to Settings.

  2. Select the Kubernetes tab.

  3. Toggle on Enable Kubernetes.

  4. Click on Apply & Restart to save the settings.

This will regenerate the .kube/config file with default settings. You can also run the below command to get the standard version.

$ Kubectl config init

Refer to this document on Deploy kubernetes with docker desktop for more detailed information.

Upvotes: 0

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