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Created June 26, 2020 04:03
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WSL v2 windows hosts sync (powershell - updates domains to wsl2 ip)
# Requires -RunAsAdministrator
# Only works for WSL v2, this is completely not needed for WSL v1 where u always can use 127.0.0.1 in hosts file
Clear-Host
if ((Get-InstalledModule "Carbon" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {
Install-Module -Name 'Carbon' -AllowClobber
}
Import-Module 'Carbon'
$wslIp = (wsl hostname -I) -replace ' ',''
Write-Host "Setting wsl v2 hosts entries to $wslIp"
$domains = @(
'wsl2.local'
# add more domains if necessary
)
foreach($domain in $domains) {
Set-HostsEntry -IPAddress $wslIp -HostName $domain
}
Write-Host "Done!"
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