How-to guides

The guides in this section will help you quickly complete specific tasks with UP4W.

Install and set up of UP4W with the aid of these guides:

• Installation and setup
  • Install Ubuntu on WSL
  • Back up and restore Ubuntu WSL instances
  • Automatic setup of Ubuntu on WSL with cloud-init
  • Install UP4W and add a Pro token
  • Verify Pro subscription and attachment
  • Uninstalling UP4W, Ubuntu WSL apps and WSL

When remotely deploying and managing Ubuntu WSL instances, the following guides are helpful:

• Remote deployment
  • Configure the Landscape client with UP4W
  • Create WSL instances on multiple Windows machines with the Landscape API
  • Enforce the UP4W background agent startup remotely using the Windows Registry
  • Start the UP4W background agent remotely

The use of GPU acceleration and graphical apps are described in the following guides:

• GPU and graphics
  • Use WSL for data science and visualise results graphically
  • Enabling GPU acceleration with CUDA

If you are interested in contributing to UP4W as a developer, consult the guides below:

• Contributing
  • General contribution guidelines
  • Install UP4W
  • Restart UP4W
  • Access UP4W logs
  • Enable opt-in features for UP4W
  • Reset UP4W

If you want to run automated tests for an app that needs to run in Ubuntu on WSL, read our guide on running a WSL GitHub workflow on Azure:

• Run a WSL GitHub workflow on Azure