Docker : Installation on Windows – resolving error – WSL2 Installation is incomplete.

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As I am exploring Docker concepts, so keep sharing the details and my learning 🙂

Today again small but important step to proceed with Docker

Recently I got an opportunity to explore Docker Registry, and this time I am trying on my Windows box (rather Linux) 🙂 Next article is ready for Docker registry concept and details, will share soon 🙂

In one of our previous article of Docker we install Docker on Linux – Docker – Introduction to Containers and Docker – part 2 – Creating first Docker program – our first container with detailed steps 🙂

Execute the command – sudo snap install docker

sudo snap install docker

To execute Docker commands (Docker CLI) on Windows platform we need to install the Docker Desktop for Windows

Steps to install Docker Desktop for Windows :

• We can check if Docker is already installed or not on our box
• Execute the Docker / docker CMDLET either in Command Prompt or Visual Studio Code or in Git bash
• Here I am executing the Docker CMDLET in Visual Studio code terminal as shown in below fig

• As we are getting an error it seems Docker is not installed on this box
• We can download Docker Desktop for Windows from official site – https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-windows
• Once executable downloaded successfully, please run it and dialog “Installing Docker Desktop 4.5.1 (74721)” will appear as shown in below fig

• On successfully installation we will get an success message as shown in below fig

• Please accept the Service Agreement an restart the box
• On successful restart of Docker Desktop for Windows should start successfully
• But sometime we get an error – “WSL2 Installation is incomplete.” as shown in below fig

• Also we will continuously get an message – “Docker Desktop stopping…” as shown in below fig

• To resolve this issue, as shown in dialog “Docker Desktop – Install WSL2 kernel update” we need to download from the reference link mentioned in dialog – https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel

• Once we downloaded and installed successfully, kindly please restart the box
• On successfully restart, we could successfully start the – Docker Desktop for Windows as shown in below fig 🙂

As Docker Desktop for Windows get successfully installed 🙂 we are ready to begin the Docker show on Windows 🙂

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