- Working on Windows 10, on WSL 2 filesystem
- Having a visually nice terminal (Windows Terminal)
- zsh as my main shell, oh-my-zsh to manage plugin
- Using IntelliJ IDEA directly from WSL 2
- Host: Windows 10 2004+
- Ubuntu via WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
- Terminal: Windows Terminal
- Systemd
- zsh
- git
- Go
- IDE: IntelliJ IDEA, under WSL 2, used on Windows via VcXsrv
- WSL Bridge: allow exposing WSL 2 ports on the network
- Enable WSL 2 and update the linux kernel (Source)
# In PowerShell as Administrator
# Enable WSL and VirtualMachinePlatform features
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
# Download and install the Linux kernel update package
$wslUpdateInstallerUrl = "https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi"
$downloadFolderPath = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:Downloads').Self.Path
$wslUpdateInstallerFilePath = "$downloadFolderPath/wsl_update_x64.msi"
$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$wc.DownloadFile($wslUpdateInstallerUrl, $wslUpdateInstallerFilePath)
Start-Process -Filepath "$wslUpdateInstallerFilePath"
# Set WSL default version to 2
wsl --set-default-version 2If in corp environment, using corp proxy. If in in home environment, using home proxy.
change your proxy in .bashrc
Apt proxy is required too.
vim ~/.bashrc
# append proxy in bottom
export HTTP_PROXY="https://web-proxy.sg.softwaregrp.net:8088"
export http_proxy=$HTTP_PROXY
export https_proxy=$HTTP_PROXY
export FTP_PROXY=$HTTP_PROXY
export RSYNC_PROXY=$HTTP_PROXY
export no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com,.hpeswlab.net,mydyumserver,mydyumserver.hpswlabs.adapps.hp.com,*.hp.com,16.59.0.0,hpswlabs.adapps.hp.com:80,*.softwaregrp.net,127.0.0.1,localhost,*.hpeswlab.net,*.hp.com,kubernetes.docker.internal,192.168.65.0/28,*.swinfra.net
sudo vim /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf
## in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf, add following line. change accordingly.
Acquire::http::Proxy "https://user:[email protected]:port/";
Acquire::https::Proxy "https://user:[email protected]:port/";
sudo visudo
# add in the end of document. guihehans is my username
guihehans ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
apt-transport-https \
ca-certificates \
curl \
gnupg-agent \
software-properties-common \
git \
make \
tig \
tree \
zip unzip \
zsh#!/bin/bash
# Set username and email for next commands
email="[email protected]"
username="guihehans"
# Configure Git
git config --global user.email "${email}"
git config --global user.name "${username}"
git config --global core.autocrlf input
git config --global core.pager /usr/bin/less
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
# Generate a new SSH key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "${email}"
# Start ssh-agent and add the key to it
eval $(ssh-agent -s)
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
# Display the public key ready to be copy pasted to GitHub
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub#!/bin/zsh
# Clone the dotfiles repository
mkdir -p ~/code/personal
git clone https://github.com/guihehans/dotfiles.git ~/code/personal/dotfiles/
# Create .screen folder used by .zshrc
mkdir ~/.screen && chmod 700 ~/.screen
# Change default shell to zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)
# install oh-my-zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
# use dot bot to install
cd ~/code/personal/dotfiles
./install
I run IntelliJ IDEA in WSL 2, and get its GUI on Windows via X Server (VcXsrv).
windowsUserProfile=/mnt/c/Users/$(cmd.exe /c "echo %USERNAME%" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')
# Run VcXsrv at startup
cp ~/code/personal/config.xlaunch "${windowsUserProfile}/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup"#!/bin/zsh
# Install IDEA dependencies
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
fontconfig \
libxss1 \
libnss3 \
libatk1.0-0 \
libatk-bridge2.0-0 \
libgbm1 \
libpangocairo-1.0-0 \
libcups2 \
libxkbcommon0
# Create install folder
sudo mkdir -p /opt/idea
# Allow your user to run IDEA updates from GUI
sudo chown $UID:$UID /opt/idea
# Download IntelliJ IDEA commuunity version. change if you have extra license
curl -L "https://download-cdn.jetbrains.com/idea/ideaIC-2021.3.2.tar.gz" | tar vxz -C /opt/idea --strip 1
#!/bin/zsh
windowsUserProfile=/mnt/c/Users/$(cmd.exe /c "echo %USERNAME%" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')
# Copy Windows Terminal settings
cp ~/code/personal/dotfiles/terminal-settings.json ${windowsUserProfile}/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalState/settings.jsonWhen a port is listening from WSL 2, it cannot be reached.
You need to create port proxies for each port you want to use.
To avoid doing than manually each time I start my computer, I've made the wslb alias that will run the wsl2bridge.ps1 script in an admin Powershell.
#!/bin/zsh
windowsUserProfile=/mnt/c/Users/$(cmd.exe /c "echo %USERNAME%" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')
# Get the hacky network bridge script
cp ~/code/personal/dotfiles/wsl2-bridge.ps1 ${windowsUserProfile}/wsl2-bridge.ps1In order to allow wsl2-bridge.ps1 script to run, you need to update your PowerShell execution policy.
# In PowerShell as Administrator
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
PowerShell -File $env:USERPROFILE\\wsl2-bridge.ps1Then, when port forwarding does not work between WSL 2 and Windows, run wslb from zsh:
#!/bin/zsh
wslbNote: This is a custom alias. See .aliases.zsh for more details
#!/bin/zsh
windowsUserProfile=/mnt/c/Users/$(cmd.exe /c "echo %USERNAME%" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')
# Avoid too much RAM consumption
cp ~/code/personal/dotfiles/.wslconfig ${windowsUserProfile}/.wslconfigNote: You can adjust the RAM amount in .wslconfig file. Personally, I set it to 32 GB.
#!/bin/zsh
goVersion=1.16.4
curl -L "https://golang.org/dl/go${goVersion}.linux-amd64.tar.gz" > /tmp/go${goVersion}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go${goVersion}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm /tmp/go${goVersion}.linux-amd64.tar.gzAllow starting services like Docker. This uses arkane-systems/genie.
#!/bin/zsh
# Setup Microsoft repository (Genie depends on .NET)
curl -sL -o /tmp/packages-microsoft-prod.deb "https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb"
sudo dpkg -i /tmp/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm -f /tmp/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
# Setup Arkane Systems repository
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/wsl-transdebian.gpg https://arkane-systems.github.io/wsl-transdebian/apt/wsl-transdebian.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/wsl-transdebian.gpg
sudo cat << EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wsl-transdebian.list
deb https://arkane-systems.github.io/wsl-transdebian/apt/ $(lsb_release -cs) main
deb-src https://arkane-systems.github.io/wsl-transdebian/apt/ $(lsb_release -cs) main
EOF
sudo apt update
# Install Systemd Genie
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y systemd-genie
# Mask some unwanted services
sudo systemctl mask systemd-remount-fs.service
sudo systemctl mask multipathd.socket