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WSL stops working in Azure Windows 10 VM

Satyam Chauhan 547 Reputation points
2023-09-06T05:35:52.3366667+00:00

Hi,

I have an azure VM- OS - Windows 10, Size - Standard D4s v3,

It has auto shutdown enabled.

I am using Podman software on this VM, which requires Hyper-V, Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Hypervisor platform to be enabled. After that Podman installs Fedora Linux into the WSL which works fine.

Since I don't use this VM daily, when I start the VM again after few days all the windows feature Hyper-V, Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Hypervisor platform gets disabled, and the WSL doesn't show any linux distribution installed.

Is there any configuration which is causing this issue? As I have to the the setup again and again.

Thanks.

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  1. deherman-MSFT 36,831 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2023-09-12T20:09:02.91+00:00

    @Satyam Chauhan

    I tested by first installing WSL "wsl --install" then I followed the instructions to install Podman on Windows. I was able to start the Podman machine. I then had my VM auto-shutdown, waited 30 minutes. After starting my VM I can still run the Podman commands.
    Maybe there is some policy or something on the OS that is resetting this configuration for you? Can you try to reinstall using the method I followed?

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