Configure the Landscape client with Ubuntu Pro for WSL¶
Ubuntu Pro
This page refers to features that require an Ubuntu Pro subscription and access to the Ubuntu Pro for WSL application. The application is currently in beta and not yet generally available.
Choose a configuration method¶
The Landscape client can be configured in two ways:
Windows registry: easier to automate and deploy at scale
Graphical Windows application: convenient option for individual users
Click the appropriate tab to read more.
Access the registry
First, ensure that UP4W has run at least once after installation. This ensures that the key and values necessary for configuration will be set up in the registry.
Advanced users of the registry can find relevant information in the Microsoft documentation about alternative methods for modifying the registry data.
To open the registry type Win+R and enter regedit:
Configure Landscape in the registry
If you are using Landscape you can input your configuration in LandscapeConfig > Modify > Write the Landscape config:
Refer to the section on Landscape client configuration for an example.
After you have populated the configuration with data you should be ready to create and manage automatically Pro-attaching WSL instances through Landscape:
In the UP4W app navigate to the Landscape configuration screen:
Choose your preferred configuration option and enter the required details.
The “Manual configuration” is easier if the server was configured with the
default options (if in doubt, check this with your system administrator), in
which case only the “Landscape FQDN” field is truly required. This field does
not accept a complete URL for the server (with paths and queries, for example),
and a FQDN should always be used. The field accepts URLs like
https://landscape-server.domain.com (with a just scheme and a host name) but
the https:// part (the scheme) is removed from the address, resulting in the
FQDN only. This is for user convenience, as it allows you to copy an address for
a server from a web browser address bar, for example, and paste it into the
field. Richer URLs with queries, paths and fragments will be rejected and an
error message will be shown.
The “Advanced configuration” option requires you to specify a landscape.conf.
Refer to the section on Landscape client configuration for an example.
When you continue, a status screen will appear confirming that configuration is complete:
The application waits a short period of time to confirm that the configuration data supplied resulted in a successful connection to the Landscape server. In case of errors, a dialog presents the error details and lets you decide whether to edit the configuration and try again, or proceed with the configuration already provided.
Warning
Until version 0.1.15 of Ubuntu Pro for WSL, the app explicitly requires referencing a path to the SSL certificate on a Windows host machine. Newer versions completely follow the Windows OS certificate stores, only requiring reference to that certificate if the machine running the Landscape server is not trusted on your network.
For example, if you followed the Landscape Quickstart
installation, the auto-generated self-signed certificate can be found at /etc/ssl/certs/landscape_server.pem.
This can be copied to a Windows machine:
C:\Users\<YOUR_WINDOWS_USER_NAME>\landscape_server.pem
The path can then be referenced during Landscape configuration in the UP4W Windows app.
Configuring the landscape client¶
Both the LandscapeConfig data in the Windows registry and the Advanced Configuration
option in the graphical Windows application can be configured as follows:
[host]
url = landscape-server.domain.com:6554
[client]
url = https://landscape-server.domain.com/message-system
ping_url = http://landscape-server.domain.com/ping
account_name = standalone
log_level = debug
ssl_public_key = C:\Users\user\Downloads\landscape_server.pem
Warning
The url field in the [host] section must be FQDN:PORT. An actual URL with
scheme, path, queries and/or fragments would cause the connection to fail.
The ping_url must be a http address. A https address will not work.
A more comprehensive example of the configuration options is provided here.