is anyone running multiple WSL instances successfully I m ge rancher-users #rancher-desktop

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witty-honey-18052

01/13/2023, 5:34 PM

is anyone running multiple WSL instances successfully? I'm getting

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Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "<http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/containers/json>": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

on a new, second instance, and i'm fairly certain i'm doing everything properly. not sure if there's an extra step to take other than checking the box for the instance and allowing RD to restart

calm-sugar-3169

01/13/2023, 5:58 PM

Hi @witty-honey-18052 by “running multiple WSL instances” do you mean running another distro along with Rancher Desktop in your WSL?

wide-mechanic-33041

01/13/2023, 6:04 PM

yup feels like

docker context

use case

witty-honey-18052

01/13/2023, 6:05 PM

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instance "Ubuntu" works

instance "Ubuntu 22.04" has the error mentioned

makes it seems like I should be able to do

docker ps

in both, right?

calm-sugar-3169

01/13/2023, 6:10 PM

yeah, as @wide-mechanic-33041 mentioned above it looks like the context may not be set correctly in Ubuntu 22.04

witty-honey-18052

01/13/2023, 9:19 PM

Do I need to do anything there? both instances are showing the same information for

docker context list

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NAME        DESCRIPTION                               DOCKER ENDPOINT               KUBERNETES ENDPOINT                    ORCHESTRATOR
default *   Current DOCKER_HOST based configuration   unix:///var/run/docker.sock   <https://172.19.218.24:6443> (default)   swarm

calm-sugar-3169

01/13/2023, 9:29 PM

One thing to note, is the user in the

docker

group?

Because we make a socket there, but unless the user is in the

docker

group, they need to be root (in the distro)

witty-honey-18052

01/13/2023, 9:31 PM

ah snap, that's probably it

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