WSL Autostart

Support for starting the Linux services in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows startup.

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Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage

Installation

• Clone to any directory using the git command: (e.g C:\wsl-autostart)

git clone https://github.com/troytse/wsl-autostart

• Add a startup item to the registry.

• Add a string item under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (e.g WSLAutostart)

• Set the path to the script (e.g C:\wsl-autostart\start.vbs)

Usage

• Modify /etc/sudoers in the WSL to specify the service commands calling on startup without a password. 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 commands.txt in the wsl-autostart directory to specify the service commands for your need. e.g:

/etc/init.d/cron
/etc/init.d/ssh
/etc/init.d/mysql
/etc/init.d/apache2

Other methods

• Using gpedit.msc, it is possible to define a program that runs when the computer starts

  Note that the configured program will run as the system user.

• Using taskschd.msc, it is possible to schedule a task after the startup of the computer.

  You may configure which user will run the program, a delay before a run and a number of retries. the same taskschd.msc program will show a specific log regarding the execution of the task