This guide will enable systemd to run as normal under WSL 2. This will enable services like microk8s, docker and many more to just work during a WSL session. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2.
To enable systemd under WSL we require a tool called systemd-genie
Copy the contents of install-sg.sh to a new file /tmp/install-sg.sh:
cd /tmp
| #!/bin/sh -eux | |
| if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ] | |
| then | |
| sudo su -s "$0" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| # truncate any logs that have built up during the install | |
| find /var/log -type f -exec truncate --size=0 {} \; |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # forked from https://www.wireguard.com/netns/#the-new-namespace-solution & expanded by [email protected] ############### | |
| # CONFIGURABLE ######################################################################################################### | |
| ALL_PHYSICAL_INTERFACES=(enp6s0) | |
| ALL_WIRELESS_INTERFACES=() | |
| NETWORK_NAMESPACE_NAME=proton | |
| VPN_CONFIG_PATH=/tank/opt/nas1-config/vpn/proton_us_ca_72.conf | |
| VPN_DNS_SERVER=10.2.0.1 |
| # forked from https://etherarp.net/network-isolation-of-services-with-systemd/index.html | |
| # ln -s /path/to/this/file /usr/lib/systemd/system/netns-proton.service | |
| [Unit] | |
| After=zfs-mount.service | |
| Description=Named network namespace "proton" | |
| StopWhenUnneeded=true | |
| [Service] | |
| Type=oneshot | |
| RemainAfterExit=yes |