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How to make automatically run the WSL services for ssh, apache2, mysql at Startup
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How to make WSL Run Services at Startup.md

#How to make automatically run the WSL services for ssh, apache2, mysql at Startup:

Step: 1
Add below lines in sudo nano /etc/sudoers WSL to prevent asking password:

%sudo   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service ssh start
%sudo   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service apache2 start
%sudo   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service mysql start

Step: 2
Create wslservices.bat file in Windows startup directory:

Press Win + R  and type shell:startup

Step: 3
Add these lines in wslservices.bat and save it.

wsl sudo service ssh start
wsl sudo service apache2 start
wsl sudo service mysql start

After restarting the host of WSL, services it will be start automatically.

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