WSL Dev Box Customization

.wslconfig

[wsl2]
networkingMode=mirrored

devbox-wsl.yaml

# From https://github.com/microsoft/devcenter-examples
$schema: 1.0
############ Project related Softwares in Dev Box Windows OS ############
tasks:
  - name: default-devcenter-catalog/choco
    parameters:
      package: vscode
userTasks:
  - name: default-devcenter-catalog/powershell
    description: Admin cannot access wsl, so put the task to user level
    parameters:
      command: |
        ############ Install WSL related extensions for VS Code ############
        code --install-extension ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl

        $Ubuntu = 'Ubuntu-22.04'
        $defaultUser = 'isaac'

        ########################### 1-Install Ubuntu ###############################
        Write-host "Install WSL distro Ubuntu 22.04"
        wsl --install -d $Ubuntu -n
        ubuntu2204 install --root
        wsl -s $Ubuntu

        ########################### 2-Init User ###############################
        Write-host "Setup the inittial envionrment for WSL distro"
        $tempDirectory = 'C:\Temp'
        New-Item -Path $tempDirectory -ItemType Directory -Force
        $installPath = Join-Path $tempDirectory 'init-distro.sh'
        (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile('https://gist.githubusercontent.com/isaacrlevin/41edcac085cc164ed698fedcab6b0fa8/raw/62d9f35349466403db0b82971611c8e523de7579/init-distro.sh', $installPath)
        Set-Location $tempDirectory
        wsl -- /bin/bash -c "./init-distro.sh $defaultUser"

        Write-host "Set default user"
        wsl --shutdown
        ubuntu2204 config --default-user $defaultUser

        ########################### 3-Install Common Software in Linux ###############################
        $installPath = Join-Path $tempDirectory 'install-software.sh'
        (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile('https://gist.githubusercontent.com/isaacrlevin/41edcac085cc164ed698fedcab6b0fa8/raw/62d9f35349466403db0b82971611c8e523de7579/install-software.sh', $installPath)
        Set-Location $tempDirectory
        wsl -- /bin/bash -c "./install-software.sh $defaultUser"
        
        ########################### 4-Set Networking mode in WSL ###############################
        $wslConfigPath = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE '.wslconfig'
        (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile('https://gist.githubusercontent.com/isaacrlevin/41edcac085cc164ed698fedcab6b0fa8/raw/62d9f35349466403db0b82971611c8e523de7579/.wslconfig', $wslConfigPath)
        wsl --shutdown
  - name: default-devcenter-catalog/choco
    parameters:
      package: docker-desktop

init-distro.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
    echo "Illegal number of parameters. Parameters should equal or greater than 1" >&2
    exit 1
fi

# this will create WSL using root login.
# the following create a new user and set it as default user
username=$1
if ! grep -q $username /etc/passwd; then
    NEWUSER=$username
    sudo useradd --create-home --shell /usr/bin/bash --user-group --groups  adm,dialout,cdrom,floppy,sudo,audio,dip,video,plugdev,netdev --password $(echo '' | openssl passwd -1 -stdin) $NEWUSER

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/wsl.conf

[user]
default=$username

EOF
fi

cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/wsl.conf

[interop]
appendWindowsPath = false

EOF

# no password for sudo
cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/$username
$username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
EOF

install-software.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
    echo "Illegal number of parameters. Parameters should equal or greater than 1" >&2
    exit 1
fi

defaultUser=$1

# install dev dependencies
sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y zsh \
    build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
    libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev curl \
    libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev \
    libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev autoconf bison build-essential libyaml-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgdbm-dev \
    unzip language-pack-en openjdk-21-jdk-headless firefox

# install nvm for Node.js
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash

# install node
nvm install node

# install pyenv for Python
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv
cd ~/.pyenv && src/configure && make -C src