In my NSIS script I want to stop the fax service. I'm using the services plugin and the service fails to stop.
I use the admin mode.
services::SendServiceCommand 'stop' 'fax'
Because you posted the same question on the NSIS forum I now know that you are using the Unicode fork.
The services plug-in you are using does not support Unicode. You could try using the CallAnsiPlugin plug-in on it but I would recommend that you use one of the other service scripts/plugins: NSIS Service Lib
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I need to run an application which processes hooks in background. The problem is that I have to start it automatically on systemstart as administrator. I've tried to use the windows task scheduler but on some systems it does not start the program as administrator which causes strange behaviours.
I've never written an windows service but would that be a solution to create windows service? And if yes: Does it start automatically as administrator on systemstart? How can i communicate with the service from an configuration program? And as last question: If I am right, I need to install a service through an installer like a msi-package. How would you create such a msi-package. Visual Studio 2012 does not support that anymore.
It would be very nice if someone could help me. Sorry for my bad English but I am giving my best. If you don't understand some parts of my question, just ask me.
1) Yes, this sounds a lot like you should write a service.
2) If you configure it so, by default they start with a special service account.
3) You can find a lot of good information about communicating with a service here: How to communicate with a windows service from an application that interacts with the desktop?
4) You don't have to. Do you use C# for example? You can then make use of a nice library called TopShelf to write your service.
I have written a power-shell script for deploying Web application to Win2k8(IIS 7) server, but i got to know that the production server is actually Win2k3(IIS 6), and the powershell script is not performing the functions that i want.
Currently the Deployment script only works for IIS 7.0
The powershell script performs following functions
Check whether Apppool exists
1a) If not create Apppool with the credentials
1b) If Apppool exists Stop the apppool
Run M-SDeploy Command to install the Web-application on the local machine
Bind the Web-application to Apppool(Created in step 1)
Start the Apppool
Is there any power-shell framework that can work on both IIS 6 & 7.0 OR do i need first check in my deployment script whether the target machine is WIN2k3 or WIN 2k8
and then run appropriate deployment script.
Please suggest me the best way to write compatible Deployment script for both IIS 6 & 7.0
and let me know if you need any more information
There have been a lot of changes between these OSes and IIS versions that anyone targeting a higher version is better off writing scripts that leverage the newer capabilities. Look through the source of Carbon - http://get-carbon.org/ to see if it can be of any help to your case. It uses appcmd for IIS steps, and might give you some pointers.
I need on clarification that I have a development server where according to the policy I shouldn't login and run the commands.
So, is there any way that I can deploy my solution using central admin just like as we did through power shell commands.
I search before, but I couldn't get the satisfactory answer?
If you're deploying new wsp, you can run Powershell command "Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath ". If it's an existing wsp, you should retract the existing wsp first before adding the updated wsp. You can check if the wsp either deployed or not in the Central Admin > System Settings > Manage Farm solution. You can also deploy the SP Solution(once added) in Central admin. After deploying it, make sure to restart the Timer Service. Here's how you can deploy the wsp using powershell.
you can setup powershell to run remotely and then use powershell commands to deploy the wsp.
Check this link on enabling powershell to run remotely Configure Remote PowerShell in SharePoint 2010
What kind of solution are you deploying? Is it a farm or sandboxed solution? You can deploy your solutiions via VS2010 without having to login to the server. Or are you referring to items that needs to be deployed via GAC?
I have written a program in PowerShell that loops and checks stuff.
I would like to convert this into a Windows service.
I've created a Windows service (in Admin->Services) but I can't start it.
I'm pretty sure I'm missing the proper interface that the system needs to call into in order to start/stop/pause/etc the service.
I can find plenty of examples when it comes to doing it in VB/C#/MS-lang but nothing about how to do it using PowerShell. Is there any documentation (or preferably code examples) out there to help with this?
There are a few items at issue here:
Are you sure that you really need a service? I agree with the comments about using the scheduler for running periodic tasks. The scheduler can start tasks as Administrator.
Services call a special set of APIs to communicate with the Service Control Manager, so an ordinary program can't be used directly.
The Service Control Manager uses CreateProcessAsUser to start the service process, so you need to point the SCM to an executable binary, as opposed to a script.
If you can't use the scheduler (though I strongly encourage you to try), I suppose that you could write an executable binary that acts as a service. It would then execute PowerShell and your script on your behalf. I'm thinking something like the srvany program that used to be included with the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit could bootstrap the service for you.
If you absolutly want to execute your PowerShell code into a service, I think you can write a C# service wrapper for PowerShell code.
You found examples of how to create a service with C#, and it's simple to call Powershell from C#. So I'am surprised that as small SrvAny oriented PowerShell does not exists yet.
My advice here, you better rewrite your code in C# as a service.
You can use the Compile Script into Service option of PowerGUI: http://documents.software.dell.com/DOC144271
I think what you are looking for is SrvAny.exe from Microsoft (I don't know that they support it any longer, but it has been around in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit for years. It will essentially turn just about any executable (.exe, .cmd, etc...) into a service. I have VBScripts running as quasi-services using Srvany.exe and it works on Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 (even 64 bit). It is a little limited in that it does not provide 100% service functionality (stopping a running script may be difficult) but if you now a bit about programming and the Windows environment you can adapt it to work pretty well (i.e. it will launch the program after server Restart/Startup as you would likely need from a service. There is some documentation with SrvAny.exe (although it can be a little obtuse and difficult to find). It is however Free and built for Windows so it should work for you.
I agree for simplicity that the Scheduled Task idea is worth thinking about as it is even more simplistic that srvany.exe
http://www.firedaemon.com/
Will allows you start littery anything as a service. There are also free alternatives to this application, that does the same.
I have found an example of running Tomcat in Windows Azure, but JBoss seems to be a bit trickier. Has anyone succeeded in running JBoss in Windows Azure, and if so, what should I do to get it running?
I would like to know if JBoss can be run in a worker role, not the VM role which is currently in beta.
I'd recommend trying it and asking questions as you get roadblocked. Most "does this run in Azure" questions are answered with "yes", but full-fledged examples and guides are going to be sparse as the platform is very new. So be the guy who writes it :)
You have two options with something like this:
1.) Run a worker role that invokes and runs similar to a windows service. (most tomcat on azure guides approach this way)
2.) Use a Azure Startup task to install, configure, start jBoss as a windows service and/or on top of tomcat
With the addition of full-trust, startup tasks, RDP, and eventually even VMrole .. anything that can run on a Windows 2008 server can run on Azure. So try installing on a Windows box, document those steps, then 1 by 1, figure out the "azure way" to accomplish those tasks. Approached this way, the initial setup will likely be pretty simple. From there, you'll learn a lot about Azure's offerings and can probably even make some changes to better leverage the platform for JBoss needs.
Once you get up there and have issues, ask away and you're more likely to find direct answers by the audience of MVPs, Azure team members, and cloud geeks here vs just a generic "have you done this" answer.