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--- apps:docker:dockerdesktopforwindows [2024-06-11 09:00] – Manuel Frei
+++ apps:docker:dockerdesktopforwindows [2024-06-13 02:48] (current) – Manuel Frei
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 ====== Docker Desktop for Windows ======
-FIXME FIXME FIXME
 ===== Purpose / Usage =====
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 </code>
-===== WSL Distributions =====
+===== WSL2 Backend =====
+WSL2 is the recommended backend
+  * "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx" ("C:\Users\xxx\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx")
+  * "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Docker\wsl\main\ext4.vhdx" ("C:\Users\xxx\Docker\wsl\main\ext4.vhdx")
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   docker-desktop         Running         2
 </code>
 <code>
 wsl -d docker-desktop
 </code>
 <code>
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 </code>
+==== Shrink VHDX ====
-===== Shrink VHDX =====
+The virtual disks (VHDX) for the WSL2 VMs will grow to contain all the container data. If they get too big you have to do an offline shrink operation to get them back to a smaller size.
-"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx" ("C:\Users\xxx\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx"
-"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Docker\wsl\main\ext4.vhdx" ("C:\Users\xxx\Docker\wsl\main\ext4.vhdx")
+Make sure, the Docker Engine is stopped and close Docker Desktop for Windows.
+Shutdown the WSL2 distributions.
+<code>
+wsl --shutdown
+</code>
+Shrink both disks with "Full" mode. Check this [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/hyper-v/optimize-vhd?view=windowsserver2022-ps|link]] for more information about the trimming modes.
+<code>
 Optimize-VHD -Path "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx" -Mode Full
 Optimize-VHD -Path "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\main\ext4.vhdx" -Mode Full
+</code>
+If Optimize-VHD is done, just start Docker Desktop for Windows again.
+Example.
 <code>
 PS C:\> Get-Item C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx
     Directory: C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data
 Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
 ----                 -------------         ------ ----
 -a----        04/06/2024     15:29   210780553216 ext4.vhdx
-https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/hyper-v/optimize-vhd?view=windowsserver2022-ps
-PS C:\> Optimize-VHD -Path c:\test\dynamic.vhdx -Mode Full
-PS C:\> Optimize-VHD -Path c:\test\dynamic.vhdx -Mode Retrim
 PS C:\> wsl --shutdown
+PS C:\> Optimize-VHD C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx -Mode Full
-PS C:\> Optimize-VHD C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx  -Mode Full
 PS C:\> Get-Item C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data\ext4.vhdx
     Directory: C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Docker\wsl\data
 Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
 ----                 -------------         ------ ----
 -a----        04/06/2024     16:04    17706254336 ext4.vhdx
 </code>
 ===== Links =====