Cannot connect to the Docker daemon on bash on Ubuntu windows

Question

I am able to install docker, docker-compose and docker-machine

However when I try to run

root@DESKTOP-51NFMIM:~# docker ps
Cannot connect to the Docker d         


        

Answer 1

for me this worked for WSL for windows:

• 1> go to: Turn Windows features on or off
• 2> deselect "Hyper-V", restart,
• 3> go to "Turn Windows features on or off" again,
• 4> select "Hyper-V" again
• and restart a last time. Afterwards docker was reachable again.

assuming you have installed docker desktop for windows and Settings->General->Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS is ticked