After a problematic Windows update on my Surface computer that prevented me from compiling .NET applications, I spent days trying various fixes without success. Eventually, I had to format my computer and start fresh. This meant setting up everything again – Visual Studio, testing databases, and all the other development tools.To make future setups easier, I created a collection of WSL 2 scripts that automate the installation of tools I frequently use, like PostgreSQL and MySQL for testing purposes. While these scripts contain some practices that wouldn’t be recommended for production (like hardcoded passwords), they’re specifically designed for testing environments. The passwords used are already present in the sync framework source code, so there’s no additional security risk.I decided to share these scripts not as a perfect solution, but as a starting point for others who might need to set up similar testing environments. You can use them as inspiration for your own scripts or modify the default passwords to match your needs.
Note that these are specifically for testing purposes – particularly for working with the sync framework – and the hardcoded credentials should never be used in a production environment.
https://github.com/egarim/MyWslScripts
LDAP Scripts
MyWslScripts/ldap-setup.sh at master · egarim/MyWslScripts
MyWslScripts/add-ldap-user.sh at master · egarim/MyWslScripts
MySQL
MyWslScripts/install_mysql.sh at master · egarim/MyWslScripts
Postgres
MyWslScripts/install_postgres.sh at master · egarim/MyWslScripts
Redis
MyWslScripts/redis-install.sh at master · egarim/MyWslScripts
Let me know if you’d like me to share the actual scripts in a follow-up post!
