Entries in /etc/hosts not working when Podman running on WLS2

[rgaiacs]

I'm trying to replace Docker with Podman. My working machine is Windows 10 Enterprise (version 22H2, build 19045.5608) with WSL2. I have entries in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts like

127.0.0.1 lorem.ipsum

that WSL2 propagates to /etc/hosts.

Given the minimal example of NGINX container in a pod, i.e.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  labels:
    app: nginx
  name: nginx-mwe
spec:
  containers:
    - name: nginx
      image: docker.io/nginx:1.25.4-alpine-slim
      ports:
        - containerPort: 80
          hostIP: 0.0.0.0
          hostPort: 80

and the equivalente Docker Compose, i.e.

services:
  nginx:
    image: docker.io/nginx:1.25.4-alpine-slim
    ports:
      - 80:80

I'm observing

curl command	WSL2 connecting to Podman	Windows host connecting to Podman	WSL2 connecting to Docker	Windows host connecting to Docker
curl http://localhost	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
curl http://lorem.ipsum	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️

Can I have some help to have the curl request from the Windows host to reach Podman running on WSL2?

Podman Information

podman --version

podman version 5.4.1

I'm NOT running the podman-machine.

WSL2 Information

wsl.exe --version

WSL version: 2.4.11.0
Kernel version: 5.15.167.4-1
WSLg version: 1.0.65
MSRDC version: 1.2.5716
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.19045.5608

[rgaiacs]

I believe this feature was requested as #19890.

[rgaiacs]

After read Accessing network applications with WSL, I discovered that I can use

wsl.exe hostname -I

to get the IP address of my Podman machine and I can use the IP address in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts. Unfortunately, the IP address might change.