This is A PowerShell helper to create testing Ubuntu instances on WSL.
Install using Install-Module -Name PsUWI and import the Module using Import-Module PsUWI
Here are some example uses:
New-UbuntuWSLInstance -Release bionic
# Create a Ubuntu Bionic instance on WSL1
New-UbuntuWSLInstance -Release xenial -Version 2 -RootOnly
# Create an Ubuntu Xenial instance on WSL2 without creating a user account
New-UbuntuWSLInstance -Version 2 -NoUpdate
# Create an Ubuntu Focal instance on WSL2 without any update
New-UbuntuWSLInstance -Release eoan -Force
# Create an Ubuntu Eoan instance on WSL1 and download the WSL tarball even if it already exists
Remove-UbuntuWSLInstance -Id AbcdEFGhiJ
# Remove an instance called ubuntu-AbcdEFGhiJ
Remove-AllUbuntuWSLInstances
# Remove all instancesMIT.