Developing with WSL

Install the Ubuntu-22.04 distribution

You'll need to have the Ubuntu-22.04 distribution installed by running the following command:

wsl --install Ubuntu-22.04 --version 2

Export a base image

Generate a VDHX file for our new instance

Next we'll generate the instances/cdr.vdhx file, so we can run the following:

wsl --import cdr ./instances ./images/ubuntu-22-04-snapshot.tar

Access your new instance as root

Now try to access your new Ubuntu 22.04 instance cdr as the root user by running:

wsl -d cdr

Set yourself as the admin user on the instance and log in as the admin user

Once logged in as root, you'll want to edit the /etc/wsl.conf file and modify it so you can login as an admin user instead of root. We can use the nano editor to modify the file:

nano /etc/wsl.conf

Modify the file by adding a [user] section with the value default=rzmk (where rzmk is your username). The file should look similar to this:

[boot]
systemd=true

[user]
default=rzmk

Now leave your instance:

exit

Then terminate the instance:

wsl --terminate cdr

Run the instance again and you should be logged in as your admin user by default now:

wsl -d cdr

Install ckan-devstaller

Great, now you can go to the home directory and run one of the quick start scripts:

cd ~/