# Install Docker on Windows without Docker Desktop

### System requirements

* Windows 10 version 2004 and higher (Build 19041 and higher)
* Windows11
* [WSL2](https://docs.microsoft.com/zh-tw/windows/wsl/install)

### Install Linux OS
go to Windows store choose you prefeare linux os , this tutorial use Ubuntu18.04

### Install Docker on WSl Linux
*(this guide use Ubuntu 18.04)*

The installation guide like to any linux docker installation guide.

**Installation guide **:

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg \
    lsb-release
	
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

echo \
 "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
 $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

**If you docker not start**

sudo /etc/init.d/docker start

**Create and Write daemon.json**

sudo vim /etc/docker/daemon.json

**Wirite this**

{
    "hosts": ["tcp://0.0.0.0:2375", "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"],
     "iptables": false
}

**Restart docker **

sudo /etc/init.d/docker restart

### Configure VSCode to access to WSL2 docker

**Install docker extension**
**Click on the icon (?),select "Edit settings"**

**Search for "Docker:Host" and overwrite to tcp://${WSL_IP}:2375 and Refresh docker extension**

NOTE [WSL2 Docker Auto start at boot](http://viml.nchc.org.tw/blog/paper_info.php?CLASS_ID=1&SUB_ID=1&PAPER_ID=771)

### Installing Docker.exe on Windows (Not so recommended)

#### Downald [docker.exe](https://github.com/StefanScherer/docker-cli-builder/releases) save to C:\bin

Add this directory in the path for executables : System Properties\Environement Variables\System Variables\Path


**Check docker is working **

docker version

#### Set docker context
Get wsl ip (at wsl console)

ifconfig eth0 

create context

docker context create remote --docker "host=tcp://${WSL_ip}:2375"

user context

docker context use remote

try the dokcer command you can see wsl docker information

docker images 

#### Daily exec cmd

at cmd

docker context update remote --docker "host=tcp://${WSL_ip}:2375"

###### tags: `Docker`