Visit the Microsoft Store and install Ubuntu.
Click get and then wait for the download to complete. You can view the status of the download by clicking the download icon in the top right corner.
Once it has downloaded, click the launch button from the initial ubuntu screen.
Enter a new username and password.
Launch the Ubuntu App to get a command prompt.
USER@HOST:~$ uname -a Linux N-CND1042RH7 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 23:40:43 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux |
$ cd ~ $ ln -s /mnt/c/Users/mehan home |
$ vi ~/inputrc |
Add the following
set bell-style none |
Open up Sound Settings
Scroll down to Advances Sound options and click it.
Set Console Window Host volume to 0
We can add our user to the docker user group by issuing the following command:
$ sudo usermod -aG docker <USER> |
Update permissions on docker.sock
$ sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock |
See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/
Install kubectl
# download $ curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl" #install $ sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl |
These instructions assume that you are using Ubuntu.
In your Ubuntu terminal, issue the following command:
$ sudo vi /etc/wsl.conf |
Add the following:
[network] generateResolvConf = false |
Terminate your Linux instance
From a Windows Command Prompt issue the following command:
> wsl --terminate Ubuntu |
In your Ubuntu terminal, issue the following command:
cd /etc sudo rm -Rf resolv.conf |
Connect to the VPN using your AnyConnect client.
From a Windows Command Prompt issue the following command:
> ipconfig /all Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : vpn.company.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-9A-3C-7A-00 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3d7f:b69b:dd71:28d1%25(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cde5:6a02:e9d2:f284%25(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 135.255.134.209(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: 135.255.128.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 419431834 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-28-25-22-A7-6C-02-E0-CD-FE-58 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 135.5.25.53 135.239.25.53 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 135.5.8.20 Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 135.5.136.20 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled |
From the above output, we can see that the VPNs DNS IP addresses are: 135.5.25.53 and 135.239.25.53.
In your Ubuntu terminal, issue the following command:
$ sudo vi /etc/resolve.cong |
Replace contents with the following
nameserver <VPN_DNS_IP1> nameserver <VPN_DNS_IP2> nameserver 8.8.8.8 |
Terminate your Linux instance
From a Windows Command Prompt issue the following command:
> wsl --terminate Ubuntu |
In your Ubuntu terminal, issue the following command:
$ sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf |
Open Windows Powershell with Administrative rights:
From this Windows Powershell instance, Issue the following command:
Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceDescription -Match "Cisco AnyConnect"} | Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceMetric 6000 |
We can create an automatic Windows task which will automatically open the Powershell and run the command for us.
Create the script file anywhere, I created it in my Users\Public\Scripts\ folder and called it UpdateAnyConnectInterfaceMetrics.ps1. You can however create it where you want and name it what you want. Here is the content:
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Now follow these instructions. Do not use quotes when entering file path.
Reference | URL |
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Fix DNS resolution in WSL2 | https://gist.github.com/coltenkrauter/608cfe02319ce60facd76373249b8ca6 |