Get LXD Running Under WSL2 on Windows 11 with Ubuntu 18.04

by Mike Levin

Teach how to get LXD under WSL2 running, easy peasy!

https://github.com/nullpo-head/wsl-distrod

To enable systemd on an existing WSL2 installed Linux:

curl -L -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nullpo-head/wsl-distrod/main/install.sh"
chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh install

And then enable it:

/opt/distrod/bin/distrod enable

Test whether systemd is running:

ps --no-headers -o comm 1

If that prints “systemd” you’re all set to install lxd!

If there had been failed attempts:

sudo apt purge lxd
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/lxd

If a fresh attempt:

sudo apt install lxd
sudo lxd init
(yes all the way through wizard)

Reboot. wsl –shutdown from Powershell

lxc launch images:ubuntu/18.04 u1804a
lxc exec u1804a -- su --login ubuntu

Keep this in mind for sharing volumes from pool:

lxc storage volume create default blah
lxc config device add c1 blah disk pool=default source=blah path=/blah
lxc config device add c2 blah disk pool=default source=blah path=/blah

There’s also advice on sharing host volumes (including home):

• https://ubuntu.com/blog/mounting-your-home-directory-in-lxd
• https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-add-or-mount-directory-in-lxd-linux-container/