How to create windows service from java jar

Question

I have an executable JAR file  Is it possible to create a Windows service of that JAR  Actually  I just want to run that on startup  but I don t want to place that JAR file in my startup folder  neither in the registry

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With procrun you need to copy prunsrv to the application directory (download), and create an install.bat like this:

set PR_PATH=%CD%
SET PR_SERVICE_NAME=MyService
SET PR_JAR=MyService.jar
SET START_CLASS=org.my.Main
SET START_METHOD=main
SET STOP_CLASS=java.lang.System
SET STOP_METHOD=exit
rem ; separated values
SET STOP_PARAMS=0
rem ; separated values
SET JVM_OPTIONS=-Dapp.home=%PR_PATH%
prunsrv.exe //IS//%PR_SERVICE_NAME% --Install="%PR_PATH%\prunsrv.exe" --Jvm=auto --Startup=auto --StartMode=jvm --StartClass=%START_CLASS% --StartMethod=%START_METHOD% --StopMode=jvm --StopClass=%STOP_CLASS% --StopMethod=%STOP_METHOD% ++StopParams=%STOP_PARAMS% --Classpath="%PR_PATH%\%PR_JAR%" --DisplayName="%PR_SERVICE_NAME%" ++JvmOptions=%JVM_OPTIONS%

I presume to

run this from the same directory where the jar and prunsrv.exe is
the jar has its working MANIFEST.MF
and you have shutdown hooks registered into JVM (for example with context.registerShutdownHook() in Spring)...
not using relative paths for files outside the jar (for example log4j should be used with log4j.appender.X.File=${app.home}/logs/my.log or something alike)

Check the procrun manual and this tutorial for more information.

User · Answer

I ve been experimenting with Apache Commons Daemon   It s supports windows  Procrun  and unix  Jsvc    Advanced Installer has a Java Service tutorial with an example project to download   If you get their javaservice jar running as a windows service you can test it by using  telnet 4444    I used their example because my focus was on getting a java windows service running  not writing java

User · Answer

Tanuki changed license of jsw some time ago  if I was to begin a project  I would use Yet Another Java Service Wrapper  http   yajsw sourceforge net  that is more or less an open source implementation that mimics JWS  and then builds on it and improves it even further   EDIT  I have been using YAJSW for several years on several platorms  Windows  several linuxes     and it is great  development is ongoing

User · Answer

The easiest solution I found for this so far is the Non-Sucking Service Manager  Usage would be   nssm install  lt servicename gt   C  Program Files Java jre7 java exe   -jar  lt path-to-jar-file gt

User · Answer

Use nssm exe but remember to set the AppDirectory or any required libraries or resources will not be accessible  By default nssm set the current working directory to the that of the application  java exe  not the jar  So do this to create a batch script       pushd  lt path-to-jar gt      nssm exe install   lt service-name gt     lt path-to-java exe gt    -jar  lt name-of-jar gt       nssm exe set   lt service-name gt   AppDirectory   lt path-to-jar gt     This should fix the service paused issue

User · Answer

Another option is winsw  https   github com kohsuke winsw   Configure an xml file to specify the service name  what to execute  any arguments etc  And use the exe to install  Example xml  https   github com kohsuke winsw tree master examples  I prefer this to nssm  because it is one lightweight exe  and the config xml is easy to share commit to source code   PS the service is installed by running your-service exe install

User · Answer

2020 Update  Actually  after spending some times trying the different option provided here which are quite old  I found that the easiest way to do it was to use a small paid tool built for that purpose   FireDaemon Pro  I was trying to run Selenium standalone server as a service and none of the free option worked instantly  The tool is quite cheap  50 USD one-time-licence  30 days trial  and it took me 5 minutes to set up the server service instead of a half a day of reading troubleshooting  So far  it works like a charm  I have absolutely no link with FusionPro  this is a pure disinterested advice  but feel free to delete if it violates forum rules

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