wsl.md

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Set available RAM

From the host, edit the file c:\Users\<user>\.wslconfig and append:

[wsl2]
memory=<size>

Export WSL image as backups

To create backups of existing WSL images, first ensure that WSL is not running (wsl --shutdown).

Then, run:

wsl --export <NAME> "$env:userprofile\WSL\Images\<NAME>_$(date -f yyyyMMdd_HHmmss).tar"

Enable interop in WSL for file-sharing between host and guest

To make files in the host and guest accessible from within and outside the virtualised environment, respectively, set the following in /etc/wsl.conf:

[interop]
enabled=True

Note that this will reduce performance within the image.