ubuntu-wsl2-systemd-script

Script to enable systemd support on current Ubuntu WSL2 images from the Windows store. Script is unsupported and will no longer be maintained, but will be up here because it is used by quite some people. I am not responsible for broken installations, fights with your roommates and police ringing your door ;-).

Instructions from the snapcraft forum turned into a script. Thanks to Daniel on the Snapcraft forum!

Install prerequisites

sudo apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    software-properties-common

Download and add the official Docker PGP key

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add the stable channel repository

sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
   $(lsb_release -cs) \
   stable"

Update the package list

sudo apt-get update -y

Install the latest Docker CE

sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce

Add your user to access the Docker CLI without root user permissions

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker

Install systemctl

git https://github.com/antonchernik/ubuntu-wsl2-systemd-script.git
cd ubuntu-wsl2-systemd-script/
bash ubuntu-wsl2-systemd-script.sh
# Enter your password and wait until the script has finished

Restart the LxssManager in Windows to initialize systemctl with WSL 2.

Helm install

curl https://baltocdn.com/helm/signing.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https --yes
echo "deb https://baltocdn.com/helm/stable/debian/ all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/helm-stable-debian.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install helm

Install conntrack

sudo apt install -y conntrack

Install microk8s

sudo snap install microk8s --classic
sudo microk8s.start
sudo microk8s.enable dns helm3 storage ingress registry dashboard
sudo microk8s.status
sudo microk8s.inspect

File "/etc/docker/daemon.json" does not exist. You should create it and add the following lines:

{
  "insecure-registries" : ["localhost:32000"]
}

Add your user to access the Microk8s without root user permissions

sudo usermod -a -G microk8s $USER
mkdir ~/.kube
sudo chown -f -R $USER ~/.kube
newgrp microk8s

Install kubectl

snap install kubectl --classic

Configure kubectl

microk8s.kubectl config view --raw > $HOME/.kube/config
echo 'export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config' >> ~/.bash_profile

Install Go

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:longsleep/golang-backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install golang-go

Install k9s

cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/derailed/k9s.git
cd k9s && make build
sudo mv ./execs/k9s /usr/local/bin/k9s