nano ~/.profile ( ~/.bash_profile if exists) and add: export VAGRANT_WSL_ENABLE_WINDOWS_ACCESS='1'Įxport PATH='$PATH:/mnt/c/Program Files/Oracle/VirtualBox'Ĭheck if “bsdtar” is installed: bsdtar -version (to install on ubuntu: sudo apt install libarchive-tools)ī. Inside WSL2/Ubuntu/Bash environment, install Vagrant:ĭ. Install WSL2, and install Ubuntu in WSL2. This took me some time to figure out, but here is my complete solution: 2ġ It seems that every time I run a vagrant command, the Bash terminal window is reverted to ‘raster’ fonts at a very tiny size, and I have to go into the window preferences to revert back to Consolas / 24 pt… Very weird.Ģ There’s an issue for supporting shared folders within the WSL2 environment here.

Edit the Vagrantfile and make sure to disable the default shared folder (add line config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true).cd into one of the ansible-for-devops example directories (e.g.cd into a /mnt/c directory (like /mnt/c/Users/jgeerling/Downloads) and clone or otherwise put the ansible-for-devops repository contents in there.export VAGRANT_WSL_ENABLE_WINDOWS_ACCESS='1' Inside WSL2/Ubuntu/Bash environment, install Vagrant:Ĭ.Install VirtualBox (I’m running 6.1.x).Install WSL2, and install Ubuntu in WSL2.I think it may finally work, but there are some caveats.įollowing my work on Episode 14 of Ansible 101 (see #289), I found you have to do the following:

Ubuntu virtualbox image is tearing