This guide will enable systemd to run as normal under WSL 2. This will enable services like microk8s, docker and many more to just work during a WSL session. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2.
To enable systemd under WSL we require a tool called systemd-genie
Copy the contents of install-sg.sh to a new file /tmp/install-sg.sh:
cd /tmp
#Users
{
id: integer
username: string
email: string
created_at: datetime(iso 8601)
updated_at: datetime(iso 8601)
}
| # Add multimedia source | |
| echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list | |
| echo "deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list | |
| apt-get update | |
| apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring # if this aborts, try again | |
| apt-get update | |
| # Go to local source directory | |
| cd /usr/local/src |
| # Add multimedia source | |
| echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list | |
| echo "deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list | |
| apt-get update | |
| apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring # if this aborts, try again | |
| apt-get update | |
| # Go to local source directory | |
| cd /usr/local/src |
| // check version | |
| node -v || node --version | |
| // list installed versions of node (via nvm) | |
| nvm ls | |
| // install specific version of node | |
| nvm install 6.9.2 | |
| // set default version of node |
Internet connection and DNS routing are broken from WSL2 instances, when some VPNs are active.
The root cause seems to be that WSL2 and the VPN use the same IP address block, and the VPN routing clobbers WSL2's network routing.
This problem is tracked in multiple microsoft/WSL issues including, but not limited to: