systemd. Enable ✅

This directory contains platform-specific scripts for enabling systemd in environments where it is not active by default. For the canonical Make target index that invokes these helpers, see make.md.

Scripts 📄

wsl2.sh 🪟

Enables systemd as the WSL2 init system by writing systemd=true into /etc/wsl.conf.

  • Silently exits if not running on WSL2

  • Silently exits if systemd is already running (/run/systemd/system exists)

  • If systemd is configured but not yet active, prints instructions to restart WSL2

  • If systemd is not configured at all, appends the [boot] section to /etc/wsl.conf and triggers wsl --shutdown to apply the change

⚠️ After this script runs, WSL2 must be fully restarted before systemd-dependent steps (DNS, AppArmor, etc.) will work.