According to talks on Docker for windows Github issues (https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/31604), when Docker for Windows is run under Windows 10, it is actually using a Hyper-V isolation model (and process model is not accessible in Win 10 scenario). And in that isolation type, your container is run inside a lightweight VM, which DOES have a default … Read more
The WSL 2 docker-desktop-data vm disk image would normally reside in: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx Follow the following to relocate it to other drive/directory, with all existing docker data preserved (tested against Docker Desktop 2.3.0.4 (46911), and continued to work after updating the 3.1.0 (51484)): First, shut down your docker desktop by right click on the Docker Desktop … Read more
The error is related to that part: In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run elevated to connect First, verify that Docker Desktop application is running. If not, launch it: that will run the docker daemon (just wait few minutes). Then, if the error still persist, you can try to … Read more
I’m on Windows + WSL 2 (Ubuntu 18.04), Docker v19.03. I found my Docker volumes in this location, type in the Windows file explorer : \\wsl$\docker-desktop-data\version-pack-data\community\docker\volumes\ You will have one directory per volume.
TL;DR: Q: Can Windows containers run on Linux? A: No. They cannot. Containers are using the underlying operating system resources and drivers, so Windows containers can run on Windows only, and Linux containers can run on Linux only. Q: But what about Docker for Windows? Or other VM-based solutions? A: Docker for Windows allows you … Read more
Depends what you’re trying to do. If you’re running with –net=host, localhost should work fine. If you’re using default networking, use the static IP 172.17.0.1. I suspect neither will behave quite the same as those domains.