# Thin-edge.io and WSL

**URL:** <https://community.cumulocity.com/t/thin-edge-io-and-wsl/14593>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** thin-edge-io\
**Created:** [May 21, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/thin-edge-io-and-wsl/14593 "2026-05-21T09:27:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marco\_Stoffel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/marco_stoffel/32/19453_2.png) [@Marco\_Stoffel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Marco_Stoffel)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/thin-edge-io-and-wsl/14593/1 "2026-05-21T09:27:38Z")

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Hi experts,

are there any caveats / best practices for running [thin-edge.io](http://thin-edge.io) under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)?

Thanks Marco

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**Author:** ![Reuben\_Miller2](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/reuben_miller2/32/317_2.png) [@Reuben\_Miller2](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Reuben_Miller2)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/thin-edge-io-and-wsl/14593/2 "2026-05-21T09:45:09Z")

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[thin-edge.io](http://thin-edge.io) works great under WSL (2), as modern WSL versions can be treated as a plain Ubuntu distribution (assuming you’re using the default Ubuntu distro).

Modern WSL2 versions support systemd so you can the standard service management that you would get when installing Ubuntu/Debian OS natively on a device or virtual machine. You can see the [WSL2 docs about it](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/systemd).