Installing WSL2 on Windows Server 20H2

Installing WSL2 on Windows Server 20H2

Environment info

•  Host: Windows 10 Release 1909 Pro
• Virtualization: VMware Professional 14 Pro

 Prerequisite

•  Windows Server 20H2
• VMware Tools installed - mount the installer (Menu | Install VMware Tools...)
  

PS C:\>setup.exe /S /v "/qn REBOOT=R ADDLOCAL=ALL"
PS C:\>shutdown /t 0 /f /r

• Enable nested virtulization on the VM
  

Install WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04

PS C:\>dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
PS C:\>dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
PS C:\>shutdown /t 0 /f /r
PS C:\>#Wait for the reboot to complete
PS C:\>Invoke-WebRequest https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi -OutFile $HOME\Downloads\wsl_update_x64.msi
PS C:\>cd $HOME\Downloads
PS C:\>msiexec.exe /i wsl_update_x64.msi /quiet /qn
PS C:\>wsl --set-default-version 2
PS C:\>curl.exe -L -o ubuntu-2004.zip https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2004
PS C:\>md C:\Distros\Ubuntu2004
PS C:\>Expand-Archive ubuntu-2004.zip C:\Distros\Ubuntu2004
PS C:\>cd C:\Distros\Ubuntu2004
PS C:\>.\ubuntu2004.exe

You will be prompted to install and create a user account in Ubuntu. And you should be all set. 

To open wsl2 again, do:

PS C:\>.\wsl.exe -d Ubuntu-20.04

Keywords:(WSL2, Ubuntu, VMware Workstation)