You're reading from Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Maximise productivity of your Windows 10 development machine with custom workflows and configurations

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800562448

Length 246 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Shell Scripting

Author (1):

Stuart Leeks

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction, Installation, and Configuration

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Windows Subsystem for Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the Windows Subsystem for Linux

4. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Windows Terminal

5. Section 2:Windows and Linux – A Winning Combination

6. Chapter 4: Windows to Linux Interoperability

7. Chapter 5: Linux to Windows Interoperability

8. Chapter 6: Getting More from Windows Terminal

9. Chapter 7: Working with Containers in WSL

10. Chapter 8: Working with WSL Distros

11. Section 3: Developing with the Windows Subsystem for Linux

12. Chapter 9: Visual Studio Code and WSL

13. Chapter 10: Visual Studio Code and Containers

14. Chapter 11: Productivity Tips with Command-Line Tools

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Working with Kubernetes in dev containers

Now that we have a container image for our web app that we can build from inside our dev container, we will look at the steps needed to be able to run our app in Kubernetes. This section is fairly advanced (especially if you're not familiar with Kubernetes), so feel free to skip ahead to the Tips for working with dev containers section and come back to this later.

Let's start by looking at how to set up the dev container for working with Kubernetes.

Options for Kubernetes with dev containers

There are many options for working with Kubernetes in WSL. The common options are outlined in Chapter 7, Working with Containers in WSL, in the Setting up Kubernetes in WSL section. In that chapter, we used the Kubernetes integration in Docker Desktop, which is a low-friction way to set up Kubernetes. This approach can also be used with dev containers with a couple of steps (assuming you have enabled the Docker Desktop integration):

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