Setting Up Your Computer

1. Ensure you are running the latest version of Windows (Build >= 2004)

   • Visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
   • Click on the “Update Now” button

   

   If you are running macOS, ensure you are running at least macOS 10.13 (Mojave) and skip to step 5

2. Open/Run the Update Tool and follow the steps to install the update

   

3. Install the May 2020 Windows 10 Update (this will take a lot of time)

4. Restart your computer as prompted

5. Visit https://www.docker.com/get-started to download “Docker Desktop”

   

6. Install Docker Desktop.

   • Ensure “Enable WSL 2 Windows Features” is checked if running on Windows 10

7. Close/Restart your computer. If you are running macOS, skip to step 11

8. Upon login, you should be prompted to install a WSL 2 kernel update. https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel

9. Download and install the Linux kernel update package

10. Click the “Restart” button from Docker Desktop

11. Download (and Install) Visual Studio Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/

NOTE: If running Windows 10, we recommend the “System Installer” instead of the User Installer (which is the default)

If you want to set up a Local development environment for your classes, please visit Devcontainer Setup

If you want to remotely connect to the Linux Lab for your class(es), please visit Remote SSH Setup