Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Installation

→ Installation Guide for Windows 10

WSL 2

If your OS version is compatible, you should update to WSL 2: Updating the WSL 2 Linux kernel

Learn

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Readings

• Microsoft

  • Windows Subsystem for Linux Documentation

• Scott Hanselman

  • The year of Linux on the (Windows) Desktop - WSL Tips and Tricks

  • Using Enhanced Mode Ubuntu 18.04 for Hyper-V on Windows 10

Tips

• Access Linux files from Windows system: open \\wsl$\Ubuntu\ in Windows Explorer (or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows*\LocalState\rootfs)

• Access Windows files from Linux subsystem: go to /mnt/c/users/<username>

• Configuration (\\wsl$\Ubuntu\etc\wsl.conf)

[automount]
options = "metadata"

[interop]
appendWindowsPath = false

Known issues

• Incorrect date with WSL 2: issue #5324, issue #4245

# temporary fix, to be run regularly
sudo hwclock -s

• Memory issue

  • Memory Reclaim in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 - October 30th, 2019

  • Taking Back Memory From Vmmem/WSL - April 07, 2020

wsl --shutdown

• Zombie process

ps axo stat,ppid,pid,comm | grep -w defunct
sudo kill -9 <pid>

• Docker compose error: issue #7899

Recipes

Kubernetes

• WSL+Docker: Kubernetes on the Windows Desktop - May 21, 2020

  • Issues with Minikube and systemd (to be validated against Ubuntu 20.04): forum.snapcraft.io, DamionGans/ubuntu-wsl2-systemd-script, snapcraft.ninja

Connect to Windows Minikube

• In Windows, look at the kube config

kubectl config view

• In Ubuntu, configure the kube context

kubectl config set-cluster minikube --server=https://127.0.0.1:<port> --certificate-authority=/mnt/c/Users/<username>/.minikube/ca.crt
kubectl config set-credentials minikube --client-certificate=/mnt/c/Users/<username>/.minikube/profiles/minikube/client.crt --client-key=/mnt/c/Users/<username>/.minikube/profiles/minikube/client.key
kubectl config set-context minikube --cluster=minikube --user=minikube
kubectl config use-context minikube
kubectl get nodes
kubectl version

Connect to Windows Docker (WSL 1)

• In Docker settings, make sure to expose the daemon (in Settings > General > Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS)

• In Linux, make sure the DOCKER_HOST environment variable is set (echo $DOCKER_HOST => localhost:2375)

Theming

• Moving Your JavaScript Development To Bash On Windows - September 11, 2019

• spboyer/dotnetconf-wsl-theme