Installing Archipelago Drupal 9 on Windows 10/11

Prerequisites

Windows 11 64-bit: Home or Pro version 21H2 or higher, or Enterprise or Education version 21H2 or higher (see Docker for Windows link below).
Windows 10 64-bit: Home or Pro 21H1 (build 19043) or higher, or Enterprise or Education 20H2 (build 19042) or higher (see Docker for Windows link below).
Install Ubuntu on WSL 2
Install Docker for Windows
Install Github for Desktop
At least 10 Gbytes of free space (to get started)
Some basic Unix/Terminal Skills
2-4 Gbytes of RAM (4 Recommended)

Optional

Install Github Desktop. Ubuntu comes with Git by default, but for a more full-featured way to work with Github, you can install this application.

Open the Docker Desktop app. The Docker service should start up automatically with a status showing when the service is up and running.

Open an Ubuntu Terminal session (type Ubuntu in the Windows Start menu).

Bring everything up to date: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Deployment

Follow the steps for deployment in Ubuntu.

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Corinne Chatnik for documenting these steps!

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License

GPLv3

Last update: August 18, 2022
Created: August 9, 2022