Connection Issue from WSL to Docker Desktop Daemon on Windows

[Seynabou-Diop]

I am experiencing difficulties establishing a connection with the Docker Desktop daemon on Windows from WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). I attempted to connect using the address tcp://localhost:2375, but encountered the following error:

docker -H tcp://localhost:2375 version
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at tcp://localhost:2375. Is the docker daemon running?

Steps Taken:

1. Ensured Docker Desktop is running on Windows.
2. Attempted connection using tcp://localhost:2375 from WSL.
3. Received the mentioned error indicating a failure to connect to the Docker daemon.

I would appreciate any guidance or insights on resolving this connectivity issue between WSL and Docker Desktop on Windows.

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[OneBlue]

@Seynabou-Diop: Connecting to a docker daemon running on the host is not something that's officially supported directly by WSL. I recommend raising this directly with docker