Yes this is try number 3. See here for the first 2 goes at it.

With WSL2 out and a great laptop I wanted to give this another try.

MariaDB

Even though the install is super simple see onnectondemand.pfizer.com/pfizermfa/sslvpn/pfizercontrollerlogin.jsp?profile=pfizerprofile&flowname=aidauth#no-back-button

I still end up having to do:

$ sudo mysql -u root # I had to use "sudo" since is new installation

mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;

$ service mysql restart

To allow me to then use this command, for example maraidb -uroot -proot otherwise I have "Error connecting on localhost" type errors.

Xdebug

Using my previous notes in the above post and https://gcompagnon.github.io/wsl2/xdebug/vscode/php-fpm/2019/09/17/WSL2_php_VSCode_Xdebug.html

I removed the reference to the host:

[xdebug]
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_autostart=1
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_port=9009
xdebug.remote_log = /var/log/xdebug.log

in Visual Code my launch.json ended up looking like this:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Listen for XDebug",
            "type": "php",
            "request": "launch",
            "hostname": "0.0.0.0", 
            "port": 9009
        },
        {
            "name": "Launch currently open script",
            "type": "php",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "hostname": "0.0.0.0", 
            "cwd": "${fileDirname}",
            "port": 9009
        }
    ]
}