Installing LS as a service in Windows 2003 [UPDATED: see last post in thread]

[Vinh]

I know the wrapper.exe (the Community version included at least) doesn't run 64bit Windows so I should use the SC.exe utility.

I can't quite figure the command out...Has anybody else done this successfully?

[Alessandro]

Actually, SC.EXE requires to create a special executable with the right hooks, which wraps the batch file. So it could not be the most viable solution.

There exist some possible alternatives (one of which we will probably choose for a future release of Lightstreamer after some testing):

+ Instead of Java Service Wrapper, use YAJSW (http://yajsw.sourceforge.net/).

+ Instead of Java Service Wrapper, use Java Service Launcher (http://jslwin.sourceforge.net/).

+ Install the batch file as a service through the Windows Resource Toolkit (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890).

+ Upgrade to the paid version of Java Service Wrapper (http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/do...tLicenses.jsp).

[Mone]

With the release of Lightstreamer 4 the old service wrapper was substituted.
The new one supports 64 bit machines out of the box.

find more details about it in the LS_HOME/bin/windows/README.TXT file

[lmendonca]

Hi,

I'm trying to install Lightstreamer Server version 4.0.1 build 1513.1.3 as service on windows server 2003 standard edition. I changed LS_HOME and JAVA_HOME in the ls.bat file. I executed the Start_LS_as_Application.bat and it was fine, but when I execute the Install_LS_as_Service-NT.bat the service is instaled correct but don't start. On the event viewer I can see that the service is trying to restart and the folowing logs is printed:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: nssm
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1008
Date: 3/11/2011
Time: 16:34:39
User: N/A
Computer: SPOOLAPP0008
Description:
Started Install_LS_as_Service-NT.bat\..\LS.bat run for service Lightstreamer in Install_LS_as_Service-NT.bat\...

Event Type: Information
Event Source: nssm
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1023
Date: 3/11/2011
Time: 16:34:39
User: N/A
Computer: SPOOLAPP0008
Description:
Killing process tree of process 2636 for service Lightstreamer with exit code 1


Event Type: Information
Event Source: nssm
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1027
Date: 3/11/2011
Time: 16:34:39
User: N/A
Computer: SPOOLAPP0008
Description:
Killing PID 2636 in process tree of PID 2636 because service Lightstreamer is stopping.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: nssm
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1013
Date: 3/11/2011
Time: 16:34:39
User: N/A
Computer: SPOOLAPP0008
Description:
Program Install_LS_as_Service-NT.bat\..\LS.bat for service Lightstreamer exited with return code 1.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: nssm
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1014
Date: 3/11/2011
Time: 16:34:39
User: N/A
Computer: SPOOLAPP0008
Description:
Service Lightstreamer action for exit code 1 is Restart. Attempting to restart Install_LS_as_Service-NT.bat\..\LS.bat.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: nssm
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1034
Date: 3/11/2011
Time: 16:34:39
User: N/A
Computer: SPOOLAPP0008
Description:
Service Lightstreamer ran for less than 1500 milliseconds. Restart will be delayed by 4000 milliseconds.

No log is generated by Lightstreamer itself.

Thanks,

Leonardo

[Mone]

can you please check in the logs folder under the lightstreamer installation: is there any log file there? Can you see any error message inside it?

[lmendonca]

No, don't have any log.

[DarioCrivelli]

We should check the console output of the LS.bat script when launched as a service.
I'm not sure if Windows or nssm allow you to do it in some way.
Anyway, you can try to setup a wrapper script that runs LS.bat and redirects the output.
For instance, create wrapper.bat beside LS.bat, which issues

.\LS.bat run > out.txt

and change Install_LS_as_Service-NT.bat by replacing references to LS.bat with wrapper.bat;
then let's see the out.txt log generated.