goto at https://www.docker.com/
If you dont have a current docker account make sure to Sign-up or if you have, make sure to Sign-in first
After You Sign-in or Sign-up you will be directed at https://app.docker.com/
Click the Docker Desktop , Go to download button
After that click the download docker for your Windows
For this Documentation we will use windows for it
On your desktop search for Windows Feature on or Off
Once youre in, check the following:
- ✅ Hyper V or Windows Hypervisor Platform
- ✅ Windows Subsystem for Linux
Once you check the followings click Ok button then restart your desktop
Open your Command Prompt then check for your wsl default version, make sure the " Default Version " is 2, in order to check, Type:
wsl --status
if the Default Version is not set to 2, Type:
wsl --set-default-version 2
this will make the Default version to 2, to check it type wsl --status again and you will see the Default Version Changed.
once the Default Version is 2, Find the Docker Desktop Installer then run it to perform installation
Once the docker desktop is installed , open Docker Desktop
Sign in your Docker Account and to make sure the docker is running find the ^ icon on your desktop taskbar then click on it
after signing in goto Settings >> Resources >> WSL Integration, then make sure The Enable integration with my default WSL distro is checked ✅
additionally make sure all the distros are enabled on the part of Enable integration with additional distros: since we are using ubuntu , make sure its enabled.
Once you click on it you will see a Docker icon and hover your mouse on it, you will see a pop up sayin, Docker Desktop is Running.
To make sure you have an installed docker, open command prompt then type:
docker version
this will show the full client docker version
Now to see the Docker images, type:
docker images
at first you will see
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
this shows the table columns and will show a complete empty images as you didn't have one for now
now we will try to search or find some images, type:
docker search mysql
this command will show you the images related to mysql that indicated the STARS, OFFICIAL, AUTOMATED columns
[ Note ♻️ ] Once you find some errors make sure to post it on issue 🐳