Exporting
In PowerShell:
wsl --export Ubuntu Ubuntu-01.tar
where Ubuntu is the distro name.
Importing
wsl --import UbuntuA C:\Users\dmitriano\wsl\UbuntuA Ubuntu-24.01.tar
probably the folder C:\Users\dmitriano\wsl\UbuntuA should exist.
Author Archives: dmitriano
Exporting and importing WSL distributions
Using lb to measure LDAP performance
Download and install latest Go:
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.25.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xf ../distrib/go1.25.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
realpath go
export GOROOT=/home/dmitriano/dev/tools/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
Install the package:
go install github.com/hamano/lb@latest
Using Apache JMeter to measure LDAP performance
Extract the archive:
tar xf /mnt/c/Users/dmitriano/Downloads/apache-jmeter-5.6.3.tgz
Install Java runtime:
sudo apt install default-jre
java --version
openjdk 21.0.8 2025-07-15
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.8+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu124.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.8+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu124.04.1, mixed mode, sharing)
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Printing a package property in CMake
By example of spdlog package:
find_package(spdlog 1.13.0 EXACT REQUIRED)
message("spdlog_FOUND: ${spdlog_FOUND}")
get_property(SPDLOG_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES TARGET spdlog::spdlog_header_only PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
message(STATUS "Location of spdlog: ${SPDLOG_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}")
Running v2rayN client on WSL
unzip /mnt/c/Users/dmitr/Downloads/v2rayN-linux-64.zip
sudo apt install libice6 libsm6
./v2rayN &
curl -s https://api.ipify.org
Increasing WSL2 memory limits
Go to user’s folder:
cd %UserProfile%
create .wslconfig file with the following content:
[wsl2]
memory=30GB
swap=10GB
Investigating LDAP SASL with WireShark
LDAP SASL, or Simple Authentication and Security Layer for LDAP, is a framework providing a unified way to authenticate clients to LDAP servers using various security mechanisms, such as Kerberos, GSSAPI, or PLAIN.
GSSAPI, or the Generic Security Services API, is a standardized framework that provides a way for applications to access security services, like authentication, in a mechanism-independent manner.
Installing ldp.exe
