Linux Subsystem

Add distro to path variable:

$userenv = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $userenv + ";C:\Users\Administrator\Ubuntu", "User")

Update and install linux software:

When logged into the distro

sudo su -

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

apt-get install openssh-client vim zsh

After Linux Setup: Rsync

Setting Up Automatic Login over SSH with Passwordless Public/Private Key Authentication:

ssh-keygen

It is going to ask you for a series of inputs including where to save it & to password protect the key. If you have a directory where you want the files you can put that in or just hit enter for the default .ssh directory. For password protection DO NOT PUT ONE IN. Leave the field empty and just hit enter. A passwordless key pair will be generated:

Once this is done we need to put the public key on our server. The command below will have to be edited to suit your use case but will follow this structure:

ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_rsa.pub root@192.168.0.247

With this passwordless public/private key authentication is configured and you'll be given the following prompt:

You can now log into the remote server without supplying a password.

Create the Rsync Script

Create a script on your system that looks something similar to:

#!/bin/bash

# -------------- system commands used by this script -----------------

ID=/usr/bin/id;

ECHO=/bin/echo;

TOUCH=/usr/bin/touch;

RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync;

RM=/bin/rm;

MV=/bin/mv;

CP=/bin/cp;

# -------------- file locations --------------------------------------

SOURCE="/store/"

DESTINATION="/backup/files/"

EXCLUDES="/backup/bin/exclude-from"

LOG="/backup/bin/backup.log"

# -------------- file server location --------------------------------

USER="user"

SERVER="server.domain.local"

# --------------------------------------------------------------------

# make sure we're running as root

#if (( `$ID -u` != 0 )); then \

#$ECHO "Sorry, must be root. Exiting..."; \

#exit; \

#fi

$RSYNC -avzh -e 'ssh -p 22' --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES \

--stats --log-file=$LOG $USER@$SERVER:$SOURCE $DESTINATION

You can use a command similar to this to this in the Task Scheduler to launch the script

-cmd /C wsl sh /backup/bin/backup.sh

Resources:

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1056400-how-to-use-rsync-on-microsoft-windows-for-cross-platform-automatic-data-replication/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual

https://gist.github.com/JonasAlfredsson/6bb80ee951c61655424b9bb9f6380c75