A quick way to create a Dev env with WSL as the server for Apache and MySQL

wsl-dev-env-preliquisites.sh

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php72-cli git

sudo service apache2 start
sudo service mysql start
sudo service php7.2-fpm start

#Mailhog -optional
git clone https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog.git mailhog
git clone https://github.com/mailhog/mhsendmail.git
sudo cp mailhog /usr/local/bin/mailhog
sudo cp mhsendmail /usr/local/bin/mhsendmail

# Create a script that will be run from Windows task scheduler
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin/

echo "service apache2 start" >> ~/.local/bin/mydev-env.sh
echo "service mysql start" >> ~/.local/bin/mydev-env.sh
# add more stuff here to run on startup

chmod +x ~/.local/bin/mydev-env.sh

ln -s /mnt/c/MyDevDir /var/www/

wsl-dev-env.sh

## add the following to your .bash_aliases and source it

function new-site(){
	# Get variables
	echo Enter Server Name EX. myproject.test
	read SERVER_NAME

	echo Enter Document Root /var/www/*myproject*
	read DOC_ROOT

	# Paths
	A2_SITES_AVAILABLE=/etc/apache2/sites-available/
	A2_SITES_ENABLED=/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

	WIN_HOSTS=/mnt/c/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts

	THE_FILE=$SERVER_NAME.conf

	# Create the file
	touch $THE_FILE


	# add site configuration
	echo Writing configuration to $THE_FILE...
	printf "\n<VirtualHost *:80>" >> $THE_FILE
	printf "\n\tServerName $SERVER_NAME" >> $THE_FILE
	printf "\n\tServerAlias www.$SERVER_NAME" >> $THE_FILE
	printf "\n\tDocumentRoot /var/www/$DOC_ROOT" >> $THE_FILE

	printf "\n\n\tServerAdmin webmaster@localhost" >> $THE_FILE
	printf "\n\tLogLevel debug" >> $THE_FILE

	printf "\n\n\tErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log" >> $THE_FILE
	printf "\n\tCustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined" >> $THE_FILE

	printf "\n</VirtualHost>\n" >> $THE_FILE

	# copy the file to available sites
	echo  Copying config file to available sites...
	sudo cp $THE_FILE $A2_SITES_AVAILABLE && 

	# move the file to enabled sites
	echo Moving config file to enabled sites...
	sudo mv $THE_FILE $A2_SITES_ENABLED

	# restart Apache server
	echo Restarting server
	sudo service apache2 reload

	# add the site to Windows hosts file
	echo Adding site to Windows hosts...
	printf "\n127.0.0.1\t$SERVER_NAME" >> $WIN_HOSTS
}