Alpine 3.14 on WSL2

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Alpine 3.14 on WSL2

Introduction

There is no official Alpine Linux image for WSL2, let’s do ourself.

Import Alpine Mini RootFS to WSL2

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mkdir alpine-3.14/
curl -LO https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/releases/x86_64/alpine-minirootfs-3.14.2-x86_64.tar.gz
wsl --import "Alpine-3.14" alpine-3.14/ alpine-minirootfs-3.14.2-x86_64.tar.gz --version 2

Run The Alpine Linux on WSL2

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wsl -d Alpine-3.14

Setup WSL2 Network

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cat << EOF > /etc/wsl.conf
[network]
generateResolvConf = false
EOF

rm -f /etc/resolv.conf && cat << EOF > /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 114.114.114.114
nameserver 1.1.1.1
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 9.9.9.9
EOF

APK Update

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# apk update
fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
v3.14.2-40-gf566f645a9 [https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/main]
v3.14.2-41-gf6accde870 [https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.14/community]
OK: 14938 distinct packages available
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# uname -mrs
Linux 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64