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  • April 4, 2022 at 12:42 pm #3961143
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    Does Docker need Hyper-V?

    by alextraytech · about 1 year, 5 months ago

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    Docker Desktop on Windows 10 supports two backends: HyperV and WSL2. WSL2 in turn also uses Hyper-V — so without having Hyper-V enabled Docker Desktop fails to start and can’t be used.
    Am I right?

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    • April 4, 2022 at 3:39 pm #3961201
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      Yes.

      by rproffitt · about 1 year, 5 months ago

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      You proved it yourself. Sorry but are you wanting more about this? We could google that question but hey, you proved your assertion so I’ll just write yes.

    • October 17, 2022 at 8:21 am #4002440

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      by Johnharper2020 · about 11 months, 2 weeks ago

      In reply to Does Docker need Hyper-V?

      On Linux, a container is not a virtual machine. It is a regular OS process in an environment bubble, so no virtualization is implied. Windows has to jump through hoops to run Docker containers (that are mostly Linux things) and one of the hoops is a small virtual machine.

      Regards,
      John

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