WSL2 - Docker Dev - Alpine¶

The purpose of this repo is to regularly rebuild a WSL2 image from Alpine, with docker engine, git, ssh, gpg and VSCode dependencies included.

This image can run in parallel without conflict* with other windows docker solutions like Docker Desktop and Rancher Desktop.

Note: Rancher Desktop itself can mess up docker in a WSL distribution even if its service is not enabled on that distribution.

What it includes¶

• docker engine
• installed with linux instructions (apt-get install docker)
• ssh-agent
• the one that comes with linux
• including an .ssh/config to start with
• gpg-agent
• with a utility to help configure git commit signing
• .gitconfig
• with sensible defaults to start with, and plenty of aliases

All of the above is provided by a separate project that this one and its sibling uses. See common/dev-setup README for more info.

How to import this WSL image in your Windows desktop¶

The instructions on how to import a WSL image is generated by a pipeline for each new tag.

See the latest Release to get started.

What can you do with an imported WSL image¶

You can do a lot of things right away with your new image other then docker ps.

See the common/dev-setup README for all the information on what you can do with it.

FAQ¶

All frequently asked questions are in common/dev-setup README.