Windows 10: Using WSL2 with Docker Desktop to run a Kubernetes cluster

Up until a couple months ago I was able to use Docker Desktop and WSL2 to run Kubernetes WITHOUT having a Linux distro on my dev system. During the last 2 month period of time I did not do any development of services in K8s and did not even start Docker Desktop.Now I am ready to start developing services that run in K8s which is hosted on Docker Desktop, with no Linux distro just as I did previously. But K8s does not start. No matter what kinds of remedies I try, K8s will not start.I am wondering if something changed and now I need to use a Linux distro? Is this question within the scope o

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Kubernetes - any way of making it work on Windows

Yes, we are moving towards Kubernetes at our office. We had moved to an on-prem hybrid Docker EE implementation, then we moved over to using AWS ECS......but shortly thereafter we decided that AWS EKS is really where we want to be.

Our plan is not to run Windows in our EKS clusters. We are converting the .net apps to .net core to run them on Linux and then run them on Kubernetes.

Kubernetes is a huge monster, as z3r010 noted. We use a bunch of bolt on tools too, like Istio, Rancher, and Helm to deploy the pods. We have written custom connectors and just about have our multicloud fully functional. OnPrem Kuberentes, AWS EKS and Azure Kubernetes.

I'll be working on hundreds of Kubernetes deployments in the next 6-12 months.


Today, you can enable it pretty easily in Docker Desktop to get used to it. You can also deploy a tool called minikube for playing with Kubernetes.

 

Can't connect to Windows network services from WSL2

I have Ubuntu 18.04 running in WSL2, from which I want to connect to Docker Desktop running on Windows.

From cmd.exe I see that Docker service is listening on 127.0.0.1:2375:

Code:

C:\Windows\System32>curl 127.0.0.1:2375/info{"ID":"Z2IX:WLIX:FT2V:ZQYY:6222:M6Y6:EGZW:6D2G:EGVY:YABG:VYUM:MB2A","Containers":6,"ContainersRunning":2,"ContainersPaused":0...

But in WSL2, I got this output by `docker info`:

`ERROR: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at tcp://127.0.0.1:2375. Is the docker daemon running?`

No connection to 127.0.0.1:2375 from WLS2:

Code:

$ curl 127.0.0.1:2375curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 2375: Connection refused

The option "Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS" is ticked.

 

WSL2 for windows

I have failed into installing WSL for Windows. I have read here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win.../install-win10 how to do it, and at step 4:

1. Download the latest package:
   
   • WSL2 Linux kernel update package for x64 machines
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   If you're using an ARM64 machine, please download the ARM64 package instead. If you're not sure what kind of machine you have, open Command Prompt or PowerShell and enter: systeminfo | find "System Type".
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2. Run the update package downloaded in the previous step. (Double-click to run - you will be prompted for elevated permissions, select ‘yes’ to approve this installation.)

I encountered:





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What I did wrong ? I have the following W10 version:




Another question: am I in the the right forum ?