Auto start docker in wsl if it's not running. This is using @mikeyt23/node-cli-utils for waitForProcess/defaultSpawnOptions and assumes you'll use this task in a gulp series or parallel call.

gulp-auto-start-wsl-docker.js

async function startDockerIfNotRunning() {
  const args = [
    '-u',
    'root',
    '-e',
    'sh',
    '-c',
    '"service docker status || service docker start"'
  ]
  await waitForProcess(spawn('wsl', args, defaultSpawnOptions))
}