Setting up a WSL based Azure Developer Machine

Install and update WSL 2 on Windows 10

• If you’re doing this in a Hyper-V VM, on the host enable nested Hyper-V
  • Set-VMProcessor -VMName <VMName> -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
• Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10 (docs.microsoft.com)

Tooling Setup

• sudo apt install azure-cli
• sudo apt install golang-go
• sudo apt install python3-pip
• pip3 install jmespath-terminal
• wget https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/releases/download/v0.9.4/kubectx
• chmod +x kubectx && sudo mv kubectx /usr/local/bin/
• wget https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/releases/download/v0.9.4/kubens
• chmod +x kubens && sudo mv kubens /usr/local/bin/
• curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.11.1/kind-linux-amd64
• chmod +x ./kind && sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/
• curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3
• chmod 700 get_helm.sh
• ./get_helm.sh

Docker Setup

• Download Docker Desktop
  • You’ll have to logout and log back in
  • Settings -> Resources -> WSL Integration -> Enable Ubuntu
  • Settings -> Kubernetes -> Enable Kubernetes
  • Click Apply & Restart, click ok on the install dialog

Visual Studio Code + Extensions

• Visual Studio Code - 64 bit User Installer
• Visual Studio Code - Marketplace Extensions
  • Remote - WSL
  • Remote - Containers
  • Docker
  • Bridge to Kubernetes
  • Kubernetes
  • YAML by Red Hat
  • Visual Studio IntelliCode
  • Prettier - Code formatter