Script that runs every time a new wsl session starts. It should be added to .bashrc or .zshrc. It is used to only run the services you would like to run instead of activating systemctl

wsl_startup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function to run activation commands
activate_commands() {

    # Prompt user for sudo password
    echo "Please enter your sudo password:"
    sudo -v || { echo "Incorrect sudo password. Exiting."; exit 1; }

    # Activation commands for Postgres
    sudo service postgresql start

    # Activation commands for MySQL
    sudo service mysql start

    # Activation Command for Redis
    #sudo service redis start
}

# Check if the user requested to manually run activation commands
if [[ "$1" == "-m" ]]; then
    echo "Running activation commands for Postgres, MySQL... manually"
    activate_commands
else
    # Check if WSL is a cold start or continuation
    if pgrep -x "init" >/dev/null || pgrep -x "systemd" >/dev/null; then
        echo "WSL session was initialized. Skipping activation commands."
        echo "You can manually run activation commands using: $0 -m"
    else
        # Ask user if they want to run activation commands
        read -p "Do you want to run activation commands for Postgres, MySQL...? (y/n): " answer

        if [[ "$answer" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
            activate_commands
        else
            echo "Activation commands skipped."
        fi
    fi
fi