Using Docker without enable vt-x

[KC2016]

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Can I use Docker in WSL without having vt-x enabled?
I need to work with Docker, but my machine is an Acer Aspire R14, that hides the vt-x from its BIOS. I am not able to enable this.

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[TGinger01]

Had similar issue, this worked for me. docker-machine create default --virtualbox-no-vtx-check

[TBBle]

Without VT-x, you can't run Hyper-V, and hence won't be able to use WSL2, which is what Docker uses for its WSL2-based backend.

Edit: Whoops, I was thinking about the Docker Desktop WSL2 backend.

Perhaps you just want to run Docker on a Linux distro running in WSL? A random page I found searching Google suggests it will work, yes. There is a tracking bug for it, but it looks like recently it got mixed up with WSL2 support, which is a different question. Apparently only Docker 17.09 works in WSL1, later versions do not.