WSL2 cloud-init example

<distribution-name>.user-data

#cloud-config

# EXAMPLE

timezone: Asia/Tokyo
locale: en_US.utf8
users:
- name: wsl-user
  groups: [adm, sudo, wheel]
  sudo:
    - ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
  uid: 1000
  shell: /usr/bin/fish
package_update: true
package_upgrade: true
packages:
- tmux
- fish
- htop
- fzf
- ripgrep
write_files:
- path: /etc/wsl.conf
  append: true
  content: |
    [boot]
    systemd=true
    [user]
    default=wsl-user
runcmd:
- echo "cloud-init" >> /tmp/sample.txt

README.md

WSL2 cloud-init example

setup steps

1. put <distribution-name>.user-data to %USERPROFILE%\.cloud-init
2. start wsl2: wsl.exe -d <distribution-name> --cd ~
3. exec cloud-init.sh
   • cloud-init init --local
   • cloud-init init
   • cloud-init modules --mode=config
   • cloud-init modules --mode=final
4. restart wsl2

cloud-init.sh

#!/bin/bash

cloud-init init --local
cloud-init init
cloud-init modules --mode=config
cloud-init modules --mode=final