Using Scotty on Windows#

Scotty has been tested on Windows with WSL2.

Installation#

The following will need Administrator permission

enable and install Windows subsystem for Linux 2 like described here.

We recommend to use the Ubuntu virtual machine for WSL2.

NOTE only version 2 of WSL is supported.

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install openssh-server

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install -y python3-pip

and finally install scotty

$ pip3 install avnet-scotty

It is recommended to disable the /etc/resolv.conf updating. For that run from within the WSL2 VM

$ echo "[network]" >> /etc/wsl.conf
$ echo "generateResolvConf = false" >> /etc/wsl.conf

now close the WSL2 VM window.

Depending on the CPU count and the available RAM of your Windows machine you’ll need to configure the following:

From a cmd.exe on Windows

$ cd %userprofile%
$ notepad .wslconfig

Now add the following to the file

[wsl2]
processors=<Amount of RAM in GB / 4>
swap=<Free disk space in GB - 150>GB

so for a Windows PC with 16 cores, 16GB of RAM and 300GB of free disk space that would be

[wsl2]
processors=4
swap=150GB

save the file, close the window and run

$ wsl --shutdown

after that you can launch your WSL VM and start using scotty.

For scotty to work properly you’ll need to create and reference SSH keys for Github, like described on this page.

In case you want to reuse your SSH keys from windows just run

$ mkdir -p ~/.ssh
$ cp /mnt/c/Users/<your Windows username>/.ssh/* ~/.ssh/
$ chmod 0400 ~/.ssh/id_*

You’ll need to install this extension in your VSCode and configure it like shown on the website.