[systemd-devel] Trying to use systemd-nspawn on Windows Subsystem for Linux - Ubuntu

[Lennart Poettering]

On Do, 16.11.17 10:31, Karlin High (karlinhigh at gmail.com) wrote:

> Windows Subsystem for Linux is one of my favorite Windows 10 features.
> But when I am trying to set up a special Linux environment with lots
> of compiled-from-source programs and dependencies, I'd rather not
> clutter it all up for everything else I want to do. The systemd-nspawn
> containers seem like a good solution. But when I try to use it, I get
> this error:
> 
> failed to determine whether the unified cgroups hierarchy is used: no
> medium found
> 
> I've looked around a little for solutions, but failed to find
> anything. I understand this could be a Microsoft problem, not a
> systemd problem. But before I go to Microsoft, I'd like to have info
> like "systemd-nspawn needs X in order to work. Can we have that added
> or changed?" And if the systemd development community does not have
> the capacity or interest to pursue this issue; I understand - just say
> so. If that's not the case, here's what I'm looking at.

nspawn needs cgroups. does windows provide cgroups?

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat