Unable to run any systemd services in WSL

Question

None of the systemd commands are working inside WSL( Ubuntu Bash 18.04). When I ran sudo systemctl is-active kubelet, error is output: System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. : running command: sudo systemctl is-active kubelet

How to enable systemd feature in WSL? Whats the way to get rid of System has not been booted with systemd

Solution 1

cron is a systemd service which you can still run in WSL. See this answer as a guide for how you might setup your kubelet application:

• How can I run services in WSL

To expand on this link, you can modify Windows startup to load WSL with the background services minimized:

• WSL Tips: Starting Linux Background Services on Windows Login

Solution 2

Nowadays you can try:

sudo service docker start

when using WSL2, if you are running on windows version 2004 or higher (I assume).

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