# WSL does not have systemd


> As of [Microsoft's documentation on WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/wsl-database)

WSL does not have systemd.

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## What is systemd? 
Many Linux distributions use ```systemd``` to manage system settings and services.

The ```systemctl``` command is used to interact with processes that are controlled by systemd. It can examine the status of units and targets, as well as start, stop, and reconfigure them.


> In order to remain lightweight, WSL does not include systemd (a service management system in Linux). Instead, it uses SysVinit to start services on your machine. 


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### The problem that can arise
In normal Ububtu we can use this command
```sudo systemctl start mongodb```
to start the mongodb server. 
but as WSL version of Ubuntu does not have ```systemd``` this command will not work. 

### The workaround
we can use this command 
```sudo service mongodb start``` to start the mongodb server or any other service. 

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### Other related command 

```bash

# command to start the server
sudo service mongodb start

# command to stop the server
sudo service mongodb stop

# command to check the status os the server
sudo service mongodb status

```