Is it possible to run a WSL app in the background?

I installed LXD in ubuntu with the snap store and then conncted it to the windows client, but for me to be able to run containers from Windows the Ubuntu app has to be open. Is there a way to have the LXD server run in the background or will I have to have Ubuntu open for it to work?wsl --status returns:

Default Distribution: UbuntuDefault Version: 2

wsl --version returns:

WSL version: 0.70.0.0Kernel version: 5.15.68.1WSLg version: 1.0.45MSRDC version: 1.2.3575Direct3D version: 1.606.4DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hypWindows version: 10.0.22000.1098

and cmd /c ver returns:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.1098]