How to prevent wsl2 from automatically stopping

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How to prevent wsl2 from automatically stopping

Merlin Cheng 0

I configured redis-server service in wsl2, but wsl sudo service redis-server start wsl instance will stop after running for a while after starting the service, how to prevent wsl from stopping, or what is the mechanism of wsl stopping

DiscoStew 0 Reputation points

2023-09-16T13:14:15.77+00:00

I am seeing this same behavior in Win11 WSL. Running the procedure outlined in the answer only works for 10-15 seconds then the Ubuntu process seems to just stop. The only way I have got this to work is by manually opening a WSL terminal tab and keeping it open. My hunch is that the Redis daemon is working fine, but Windows is killing the Ubuntu WSL process after the command executes and kills the Redis daemon with it. So the answer will seem to lie somewhere in how to tell Windows to keep WSL running after the command executes. Haven't found that tidbit yet..... please lmk if you do.

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DiscoStew 0 Reputation points

2023-09-16T13:14:15.77+00:00

I am seeing this same behavior in Win11 WSL. Running the procedure outlined in the answer only works for 10-15 seconds then the Ubuntu process seems to just stop. The only way I have got this to work is by manually opening a WSL terminal tab and keeping it open. My hunch is that the Redis daemon is working fine, but Windows is killing the Ubuntu WSL process after the command executes and kills the Redis daemon with it. So the answer will seem to lie somewhere in how to tell Windows to keep WSL running after the command executes. Haven't found that tidbit yet..... please lmk if you do.

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S.Sengupta 27,596 MVP

Kindly see:

Step by step guide to run redis-server inside WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux) on Windows

Merlin Cheng 0 Reputation points

2023-05-29T08:55:58.26+00:00

This solution will solve the problem, but this is a far-fetched solution

Is there any official configuration to make WSL instance live？
DiscoStew 0 Reputation points

2023-09-16T13:24:21.9133333+00:00
I found this [https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/10138]

which indicates wsl --exec dbus-launch true will keep the wsl process alive.

Thus far it seems to be working.

So full Poweshell cmd would be:

cmd /c "wsl --exec dbus-launch true && wsl --exec sudo service redis-server start --daemonize yes && wsl --exec redis-cli PING && Exit /B 5"

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