Support for starting linux services in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows startup.
- Use git clone to any directory (e.g
C:\wsl-autostart)
git clone https://github.com/troytse/wsl-autostart-
Add a startup item to the registry.
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Add a string item under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run(e.gWSLAutostart) -
Set the path to the script (e.g
C:\wsl-autostart\start.vbs)
- Modify the
/etc/sudoersfile in WSL, Specified the service commands calling without password for the require auto starting. e.g:
%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/cron
%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/ssh
%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/mysql
%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/apache2
- Modify the
commands.txtfile to specify the service commands. e.g:
/etc/init.d/cron
/etc/init.d/ssh
/etc/init.d/mysql
/etc/init.d/apache2