Installing Ubuntu WSL in Window Server 2019
Open Powershell in Administrator mode the directory would be C:\Users\Administrator
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 -OutFile ubuntu.appx -UseBasicParsing
Once download
Rename ububtu.appx to ubuntu.zip
Extract ubuntu.zip in same place
Back to power shell
$userenv = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("path","user")
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $userenv +";C:\Users\Administrator\ubuntu","User")
Once done open the CMD in Administrator mode.
cd "C:\Users\Administrator\ubuntu"
ububtu1804.exe
It will ask for a username and password to provide the information, and you are done.
Don't forget to update and upgrade the server.
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