Windows WSL
WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is a compatibility layer that lets you run Linux distributions directly on Windows, providing a seamless command-line experience without the need for a separate virtual machine. WSL 2 takes this further by employing a lightweight virtual machine managed by the Hyper-V hypervisor, offering a full Linux kernel with improved performance and system call compatibility.
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Install WSL
Open Powershell as admin and run the following command that will enable the features necessary to run WSL (VirtualMachinePlatform) and install the Ubuntu distribution of Linux.
# if necessary
# Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
# Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform -NoRestartwsl -install
# Installs wsl and Ubuntu distro by default
wsl --set-default-version 2# WSL commands
wsl --list --verbose
wsl --list --online
wsl --updateRestart the Windows host
After the restart, open
Terminalapp and select UbuntuWSL will automatically download and install the latest stable LTS release of Ubuntu by default. When new LTS versions are released, Ubuntu can be upgraded once the first point release is available (docs)
Configure username and password when prompted
Ubuntu WSL - Ansible control node
Update OS, install Ansible, pip (Python package manager) and ansible-lint in the Ubuntu WSL distro.
Open the Ubuntu WSL terminal and proceed with the necessary packages installation
sudo sed -i.bak 's/%sudo\s\+ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/' /etc/sudoers
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y
sudo apt install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt install -y ansible python3-pip
pip install ansible-dev-tools --break-system-packages
# Close and reopen the Ubuntu WSL terminal
ansible --version
ansible-lint --versionInstall VS Code with Ansible and WSL extensions.
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