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    • Develop with Ubuntu on WSL
    • Get started with Ubuntu Pro for WSL
    • Deploy WSL instances with UP4W and Landscape
  • How-to 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
    • 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
    • GPU and graphics
      • Enabling GPU acceleration with CUDA
      • Use WSL for data science and visualise results graphically
    • Contributing
      • General contribution guidelines
      • Install UP4W for development
      • Restart UP4W for development
      • Access UP4W logs for development
      • Enable features for development
      • Reset UP4W
    • Run a WSL GitHub workflow on Azure
  • Reference
    • Ubuntu distributions
    • GitHub actions for Ubuntu WSL
    • Glossary of Ubuntu Pro for WSL components
    • UP4W configuration
      • Firewall requirements for Ubuntu on WSL
      • Landscape configuration schema for Ubuntu on WSL
      • The Windows registry and Ubuntu Pro for WSL
    • Debugging and testing
      • Windows Agent CLI
      • WSL Pro Service CLI
      • QA process
  • Explanation
    • Architecture of Ubuntu Pro for WSL
    • Support for miscellaneous binary formats (binfmt_misc) with Ubuntu on WSL
    • Security overview for Ubuntu on WSL
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Remote deployment¶

These guides help you deploy and manage WSL instances using Ubuntu Pro for WSL with remote management tools.

Landscape¶

Manage Ubuntu on WSL with Canonical’s Landscape.

  • Configure the Landscape client with UP4W
  • Create WSL instances on multiple Windows machines with the Landscape API

Intune¶

Manage Ubuntu on WSL with Microsoft’s Intune.

  • Enforce the UP4W background agent startup remotely using the Windows Registry
  • Start the UP4W background agent remotely
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