WSLC Architecture Deep Dive

WSLC Architecture Deep Dive WSL containers is now generally available! Check out this blog post to learn more about this overall feature enabling seamless access to Linux containers on Windows via the new “wslc.exe” command.

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• WSL containers is now generally available!
• Check out this blog post to learn more about this overall feature enabling seamless access to Linux containers on Windows via the new “wslc.exe” command.
• This new Linux container platform comes with multiple architectures changes compared to WSL, which we’ll detail in this post.
• Session model Similarly to WSL, client processes call into “wslservice.exe”, which is a privileged Windows service.
• That service has the capability to create virtual machines (via HCS), and use those to run Linux workflows.
• A key difference with WSL’s architecture though is that wslservice.exe does not retain ownership of the virtual machine.