[Fedora Remix] Background Task Support in WSL


        
            
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            [Fedora Remix] Background Task Support in WSL
Introduction
Starting in Windows Insiders Build 17046, WSL supports background tasks (including daemons).

In the past, if you opened WSL and started sshd, httpd, screen, or tmux  you needed to have a console window open to keep those tools running.

But, starting with 17046, these processes will continue running in the background even after the last console window has been closed.
STEP 1: install tmux
sudo dnf install tmux
STEP 2: creating a new tmux session and naming it
tmux new -s backgroundsession
STEP 3: running background task using nohup
I am going to run mongod and mongoui in this background task. 
nohup /usr/bin/mongod &
nohup mongoui &
STEP 4: closing WSL window
Now that I have a task running in WSL, I can close the window without the session terminating.

Go ahead and close the window and open up a new one.
STEP 5: Check if tmux sessions are running.
tmux ls
You can see the tmux session with mongod and mongoui has been and is still running in the background. 
STEP 6: To access backgroundsession:
tmux attach -t backgroundsession