Setup port forwarding from host to WSL 2

README.md

How to use it

1. Download the above script
2. Place it somewhere in your drive
3. The run it

Setup-WSL-Port-Forwarding.ps1

NOTE: Tested on a machine with a single distro. May need to change the wsl hostname -I command to grab your desired distro's IP

Setup-WSL-Port-Forwarding.ps1

<#
    .Description
    Setup-WSL-Port-Forwarding function forwards commonly used ports from host to WSL.
    The forwarded ports include standard HTTP, HTTPS, Postgres, Redis and other development ports.
#>

$PortsToForward = @(80, 443, 3000, 3001, 5000, 8080, 8081, 8888, 9090, 9091, 9190, 9191, 5432, 6379)
$DestinationIP4Address = (wsl hostname -I) -join "`n"

function ForwardPort([int]$port, [string]$ip) {
    Write-Output ("Forwarding 0.0.0.0:$port to " + ($ip.Trim()) + ":" + $port)
    netsh.exe interface portproxy add v4tov4 listenport=$port connectport=$port connectaddress=($ip.Trim())
}

Write-Host "Setting up port forwarding for from host -> WSL2 network interface $DestinationIP4Address"
foreach ($port in $PortsToForward) {
    ForwardPort $port $DestinationIP4Address
}