Linux on Windows

linux-on-win.md

Linux on Windows

• WSL
  • WSL vs WSL2
• Windows Terminal
• https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh
• https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

Configuration

• internet
  • sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

  nameserver 9.9.9.11  # quad9
  nameserver x.x.x.x          # other
  

  • sudo nano /etc/wsl.conf

  [network]
  generateResolvConf = false
  

• Set the systemd flag set in your WSL distro settings - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/systemd-support-is-now-available-in-wsl/#set-the-systemd-flag-set-in-your-wsl-distro-settings
  • sudo nano /etc/wsl.conf

  [boot]
  systemd=true
  

Tools

• dotnet

  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-ubuntu#register-the-microsoft-package-repository
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-package-mixup?pivots=os-linux-ubuntu#i-need-a-version-of-net-that-isnt-provided-by-my-linux-distribution
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-ubuntu-install?tabs=dotnet8&pivots=os-linux-ubuntu-2204#install-the-sdk

• git

  • .gitconfig

  [includeIf "gitdir/i:/mnt/c/git/repos/"]
    path = .gitconfig-abc
  

  • .gitconfig-abc

  [user]
    name = ABC
    email = [email protected]
  # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=Linux#use-a-pat
  [http "https://dev.azure.com/{org}/{proj}/_git/repo"]
    extraheader = AUTHORIZATION: Basic xyz
  

• docker

  • nano ~/.zshrc

  # Start Docker daemon automatically when logging in if not running.
  RUNNING=`ps aux | grep dockerd | grep -v grep`
  if [ -z "$RUNNING" ]; then
      sudo dockerd > /dev/null 2>&1 &
      disown
  fi
  

  • autostart - https://blog.nillsf.com/index.php/2020/06/29/how-to-automatically-start-the-docker-daemon-on-wsl2/
  • worth to check - https://lippertmarkus.com/2021/09/04/containers-without-docker-desktop/
  • https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker

• docker compose

• yacht

  • docker run -d -p 7000:8000 --restart unless-stopped -e DISABLE_AUTH=True -e SECRET_KEY=some_key -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v yacht:/config --name yacht selfhostedpro/yacht
  • http://localhost:7000/#/apps
  • The default login is [email protected] and pass

• MS SQL

  • run

  docker run -d --name mssql --hostname mssql \
    -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" \
    -e "MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=SomeStrongPwd123" \
    -p 1433:1433 \
    -v $(pwd)/sqlserver/data:/var/opt/mssql/data \
    -v $(pwd)/sqlserver/log:/var/opt/mssql/log \
    -v $(pwd)/sqlserver/secrets:/var/opt/mssql/secrets \
    -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
  

  • connect
    • server: [::1]
    • login: sa
    • password: SomeStrongPwd123
  • Restore backup - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/tutorial-restore-backup-in-sql-server-container?view=sql-server-ver16
    • docker exec -it mssql mkdir /var/opt/mssql/backup
    • docker cp your.bak mssql:/var/opt/mssql/backup
  • FullTextSearch - https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-docker/blob/master/linux/preview/examples/mssql-agent-fts-ha-tools/Dockerfile
    • docker build -t mssql-fts .
    • -e "MSSQL_AGENT_ENABLED=true"

Upgrade

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS
• Upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 LTS on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)

hosts docker config (to verify)

# Added by Docker Desktop
192.168.1.93 host.docker.internal
192.168.1.93 gateway.docker.internal
# To allow the same kube context to work on the host and the container:
127.0.0.1 kubernetes.docker.internal
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