Using WSL Windows 10?

Question

linux

Installed Ubuntu distribution for Windows 10.

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

When I run sudo systemctl status or sudo systemctl start kafka command in Linux environment

I get this message:

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down

How to decide? How to start Unit processes?

Answer 1

In your case, https://github.com/arkane-systems/genie will help for wsl2
You can run systemd as pid1 and enjoy all the delights of the systemctl command and not only