The problem addressed here is the challenge of accessing a WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) instance from an external network. By default, WSL instances are not directly accessible from outside the host machine. This guide presents a solution using Docker and SSH proxying to allow SSH access to the WSL instance from an external machine via the host machine's Windows IP address.
- Windows 10/11
- WSL2
- Docker Desktop with WSL support enabled
- Ubuntu (or another Linux distribution)