Windows Subsystem for Linux lets Linux distributions run on Windows. Version 2 is built on a lightweight VM, so nested virtualisation is needed to use it within a Hyper-V virtual machine.
Also called Windows Subsystem for Linux.
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Terms in this definition
- LAMP
Short for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (Perl and Python also fill the P): a widely used open-source stack for web applications whose database is frequently Azure Database for MySQL.
- Hyper-V
The hypervisor built into Windows. The VMs for the Azure Extended Network appliance require the Hyper-V role, using nested virtualisation, and an external virtual switch for each NIC.
- VM
A computer implemented entirely in software, having virtual hardware and its own guest OS; ESX hosts run it and vCenter manages it.