Provision Ubuntu 2004 on WSL2

Automating provisioning Ubuntu 20.04 with Ansible on WSL 2

Uses ansible, in a pipenv, in a WSL 2 Ubuntu instance to provision locally.

Intended to be re-runnable (idempotent) to maintain and update when required.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

1. Windows 10.
2. WSL 2
3. Ubuntu 20.04 installed via Windows Store.

Update the package lists

1. sudo apt-get update

Configure Python & pipenv

1. sudo apt install --yes python3-pip
2. sudo pip3 install pipenv

Clone and Run

1. git clone git@github.com:neilkidd/provision-ubuntu2004-on-wsl2.git
2. cd provision-ubuntu2004-on-wsl2
3. pipenv install --dev
4. pipenv shell
5. ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml --force
6. ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory --ask-become-pass
7. Profit 😄

What is Installed?

• See the playbook.yml task: Install apt cmd line apps for apt packages
• yarn
• tfenv
• aws vault
• rbenv

Notes

Description	Command
Find all local info	ansible localhost -m setup
Run only rbenv	ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory --ask-become-pass --tags "rbenv"
Purge deps	pipenv uninstall --all

See vars.yml to configure which tasks get run.

References

• Jeff Geerling's Ansible for Devops
• See Brad's Pipenv Crash Course
• Brad's Pipenv cheatsheet