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Fixing the valet and DNS resolving in WSL2
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If the local sites aren't working, or some services, these are possible fixes.

Check the /etc/resolv.conf file, it should look like this

# This file was automatically generated by WSL. To stop automatic generation of this file, add the following entry to /etc/wsl.conf:
# [network]
generateResolvConf = false
nameserver 172.17.48.1

The nameserver IP address can be obtained by typing in

ip r l default

Be sure to restart the wsl in powershell using wsl --shutdown, and starting up the WSL again.

Also, be sure that you've added your sites to /etc/hosts and the Windows hosts file

127.0.0.1 mysite.test

Lastly, sometimes services are acting out on WSL2, so you can just restart them like

sudo service mysql --full-restart

Or dnsmasq whichever is causing issues.

Last but not the least you can try to restart the valet using

valet restart

This should kickstart the local sites.

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