How to auto-start WSL during Windows startup, and run services (e.g. cron) in WSL2?

How to auto-start WSL during Windows startup, and run services (e.g. cron) in WSL2?.md

1. Ran sudo visudo. Add this line:

   ALL ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/local/etc/start_services.sh
   

2. Create file /usr/local/etc/start_services.sh

   touch /usr/local/etc/start_services.sh
   chmod go-rwx /usr/local/etc/start_services.sh
   chown root:root /usr/local/etc/start_services.sh
   

3. In the file, run the services needed:

   #!/usr/bin/env sh
   
   service cron start

4. In ~/.zprofile (or other profile scripts of your favourite shell). Add these lines:

   service cron status >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo 'Services have not started. Starting services now'
     sudo /usr/local/etc/start_services.sh
   }
   

5. Press Window+R, run shell:startup

6. Create a file named start-wsl.cmd. Add these lines:

   @echo off
   
   echo Starting WSL...
   wsl -e echo "WSL Started"
   
   echo Starting services...
   C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe -c "sudo /usr/local/etc/start_services.sh"