Red hat redistributable Standard UBI on WSL (Windows 10 Windows 10 FCU or later) based on wsldl
- Windows 10 Fall Creators Update x64 or later.
- Windows Subsystem for Linux feature is enabled.
1. Download installer zip
Exe filename is using to the instance name to register. If you rename it you can register with a diffrent name and have multiple installs.
- If you want to use WSL2, convert it with the following command.
wsl --set-version RHWSL 2
- The rootfs included in the release file is the redistributable Standard "Universal Base Image".
However, you can register as usual using subscription-manager and use the RHEL repositories.
[root@<yourhost> RHWSL]# subscription-manager register
You are attempting to use a locale that is not installed.
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: <yourusername>
Password: <yourpassword>
The system has been registered with ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
The registered system name is: <yourhost>
[root@<yourhost> RHWSL]# subscription-manager attach
You are attempting to use a locale that is not installed.
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Status: SubscribedUsage :
<no args>
- Open a new shell with your default settings.
run <command line>
- Run the given command line in that distro. Inherit current directory.
runp <command line (includes windows path)>
- Run the path translated command line in that distro.
config [setting [value]]
- `--default-user <user>`: Set the default user for this distro to <user>
- `--default-uid <uid>`: Set the default user uid for this distro to <uid>
- `--append-path <on|off>`: Switch of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
- `--mount-drive <on|off>`: Switch of Mount drives
- `--default-term <default|wt|flute>`: Set default terminal window
get [setting]
- `--default-uid`: Get the default user uid in this distro
- `--append-path`: Get on/off status of Append Windows PATH to $PATH
- `--mount-drive`: Get on/off status of Mount drives
- `--wsl-version`: Get WSL Version 1/2 for this distro
- `--default-term`: Get Default Terminal for this distro launcher
- `--lxguid`: Get WSL GUID key for this distro
backup [contents]
- `--tgz`: Output backup.tar.gz to the current directory using tar command
- `--reg`: Output settings registry file to the current directory
clean
- Uninstall the distro.
help
- Print this usage message.
>RHWSL.exe
[root@PC-NAME user]#>RHWSL.exe run uname -r
4.4.0-43-Microsoft>RHWSL.exe runp echo C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
/mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exeThe following is an example of adding a user to the "users" and "wheel" groups and setting it as the default user
Note: Replace user with your chosen user name.
>RHWSL.exe run useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash user
>RHWSL.exe config --default-user user
>RHWSL.exe
[user@PC-NAME dir]$>RHWSL.exe config --default-term wt>RHWSL.exe clean