Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@cosmo058
Created April 12, 2022 16:44
Show Gist options
  • Save cosmo058/c8559585af3795fe9776f565c3aec73c to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save cosmo058/c8559585af3795fe9776f565c3aec73c to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
PowerShell script to forward WSL ports to host ports.
#source: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4150
$remoteport = bash.exe -c "ip addr | grep -Ee 'inet.*eth0'"
$found = $remoteport -match '\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}';
if( $found ){
$remoteport = $matches[0];
} else{
echo "The Script Exited, the ip address of WSL 2 cannot be found";
exit;
}
#[Ports]
#All the ports you want to forward separated by coma
$ports=@(3001,4001);
#[Static ip]
#You can change the addr to your ip config to listen to a specific address
$addr='0.0.0.0';
$ports_a = $ports -join ",";
#Remove Firewall Exception Rules
iex "Remove-NetFireWallRule -DisplayName 'WSL 2 Firewall Unlock' ";
#adding Exception Rules for inbound and outbound Rules
iex "New-NetFireWallRule -DisplayName 'WSL 2 Firewall Unlock' -Direction Outbound -LocalPort $ports_a -Action Allow -Protocol TCP";
iex "New-NetFireWallRule -DisplayName 'WSL 2 Firewall Unlock' -Direction Inbound -LocalPort $ports_a -Action Allow -Protocol TCP";
for( $i = 0; $i -lt $ports.length; $i++ ){
$port = $ports[$i];
iex "netsh interface portproxy delete v4tov4 listenport=$port listenaddress=$addr";
iex "netsh interface portproxy add v4tov4 listenport=$port listenaddress=$addr connectport=$port connectaddress=$remoteport";
}
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment