Wp-cli in SSH Not Working on Windows in Local 5.5.3

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Windows 10 Build 19401 with Local 5.5.3.

When I start a new SSH session and run basic wp-cli commands, I don’t get any return values and the commands themselves seem to have no impact.

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I just updated to WSL2 which also broke the old Local (WSL2 requires Hyper-V which conflicts with VirtualBox), so I’m really deep in it right now.

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It looks like WSL2 blocks any communication from linux going to localhost. That’s causing lots of problems with other applications as well, not just Local. I went through getting my workflow working from WSL2 this past week and wrote about it here: https://anchor.host/local-lightning-and-upgrading-to-wsl2/. Hope this is helpful.

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Hey man, just read your post and artice, very nice stuff!

I’m using localwp in my Windows machine with WSL2 enabled. But, I have some question about your workflow:

  • Are you using the WSL2 filesystem or the standard NTFS?
  • Do you run cli commands from the Windows-side or WSL-side?
  • Did you setup composer for projects using local?

Anyway, thanks for the writeup and info!

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So Local manages the WordPress sites on the Windows site under C:\Users<user>\Local Sites. I run all of my CLI commands using WSL using the equivalent \mnt\c\Users<user>\Local Sites. I use Composer lightly for a some plugin development which seems to work fine over WSL.

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