# Rancher Desktop - WSL Integration

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-desktop-wsl-integration/42391>\
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-desktop-wsl-integration/42391 "2024-01-19T13:18:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-desktop-wsl-integration/42391/1 "2024-01-19T13:18:49Z")

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[RANCHER DESKTOP]

Hi guys, i tried to install rancher desktop v 1.12.1 on my computer in order to set up a local kubernetes cluster. I already have WSL v2 installed. The installation goes well and the cluster goes up but I have issues when trying to contact the API server from my WSL distro. If I use PowerShell every command with kubectl is ok and in the kube/config file the server is set to the loopback address [https://127.0.0.1:6443](https://127.0.0.1:6443).

When trying from the WSL distro is impossible to contact the API Server. First of all because in the /kube/config file the server is set to [https://gateway.rancher-desktop.internal:6443](https://gateway.rancher-desktop.internal:6443) and the name cannot be resolved and translated into an IP. But the point is that I don’t what IP address put on the server in the WSL kube/config file (I tried with 127.0.0.1 but nothing happened).

Does anyone have suggestions?

Thanks