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<td>Edit service configuration <td>This is the default operation. It is called if the no option is provided but the executable is renamed to <b>servicenameW.exe </tr> <tr> <td>Monitor service <td>Put the icon in the system try </tr> </table> </p> </section> <section name="Command line arguments"> <p> Each command line directive is in the form of <b>//XX//ServiceName </p> <p>The available command line options are:

<p> <table> <tr> <td>Run the service as console application <td>This is the default operation. It is called if the no option is provided. The ServiceName is the name of the executable without exe sufix, meaning Tomcat6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Run the service <td>Called only from ServiceManager </tr> <tr> <td>Stop the service <td> </tr> <tr> <td>Update service parameters <td> </tr> <tr> <td>Install service <td> </tr> <tr> <td>Delete service <td>Stops the service if running </tr> </table> </p> </section> <section name="Command line parameters"> <p> Each command parameter is prefixed with <b>--. If the command line is prefixed with <b>++ then it's value will be appended to the existing option. If the environment variable with the same name as command line parameter but prefixed with <code>PR_ exists it will take precedence. For example: <source>set PR_CLASSPATH=xx.jar </p> <p>is equivalent to providing <source>--Classpath=xx.jar </p> <p> as command line parameter.

<p> <table> <tr> <th>ParameterName <th>Default <th>Description </tr> <tr> <td>--Description <td> <td>Service name description (maximum 1024 characters) </tr> <tr> <td>--DisplayName <td>ServiceName <td>Service display name </tr> <tr> <td>--Install <td>procrun.exe //RS//ServiceName <td>Install image </tr> <tr> <td>--Startup <td>manual <td>Service startup mode can be either auto or manual </tr> <tr> <td>--DependsOn <td> <td>List of services that this service depend on. Dependent services are separated using either <b># or ; characters </tr> <tr> <td>--Environment <td> <td>List of environment variables that will be provided to the service in the form <b>key=value. They are separated using either <b># or ; characters </tr> <tr> <td>--User <td> <td>User account used for running executable. It is used only for StartMode <b>java or exe and enables running applications as service under account without LogonAsService privilege.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>--Password <td> <td>Password for user account set by --User parameter </tr> <tr> <td>--JavaHome <td>JAVA_HOME <td>Set a different JAVA_HOME then defined by JAVA_HOME environment variable</td> </tr> <tr> <td>--Jvm <td>auto <td>Use either auto or specify the full path to the jvm.dll. You can use the environment variable expansion here.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>--JvmOptions <td>-Xrs <td>List of options in the form of -D or -X that will be passed to the JVM. The options are separated using either <b># or ; characters. </tr> <tr> <td>--Classpath <td> <td>Set the Java classpath </tr> <tr> <td>--JvmMs <td> <td>Initial memory pool size in MB </tr> <tr> <td>--JvmMx <td> <td>Maximum memory pool size in MB </tr> <tr> <td>--JvmSs <td> <td>Thread stack size in KB </tr> <tr> <tr> <td>--StartImage <td> <td>Executable that will be run. </tr> <tr> <td>--StartPath <td> <td>Working path for the start image executable. </tr> <tr> <td>--StartClass <td> <td>Class that will be used for startup. </tr> <tr> <td>--StartParams <td> <td>List of parameters that will be passed to either StartImage or StartClass. Parameters are separated using either <b># or <b>; character. </tr> <tr> <td>--StartMethod <td>Main <td>Method name if differs then main </tr> <tr> <td>--StartMode <td>executable <td>Can one of jvmjava or exe </tr> <td>--StopImage <td> <td>Executable that will be run on Stop service signal. </tr> <tr> <td>--StopPath <td> <td>Working path for the stop image executable. </tr> <tr> <td>--StopClass <td> <td>Class that will be used on Stop service signal. </tr> <tr> <td>--StopParams <td> <td>List of parameters that will be passed to either StopImage or StopClass. Parameters are separated using either <b># or <b>; character. </tr> <tr> <td>--StopMethod <td>Main <td>Method name if differs then main </tr> <tr> <td>--StopMode <td>executable <td>Can one of jvmjava or exe </tr> <tr> <td>--StopTimeout <td>No Timeout <td>Defines the timeout in seconds that procrun waits for service to exit gracefully.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>--LogPath <td>working path <td>Defines the path for logging </tr> <tr> <td>--LogPrefix <td>jakarta_service <td>Defines the service log filename </tr> <tr> <td>--LogLevel <td>INFO <td>Defines the logging level and can be either error, <b>info, warn or debug </tr> <tr> <td>--StdOutput <td> <td>Redirected stdout filename </tr> <tr> <td>--StdError <td> <td>Redirected stderr filename </tr> </table> </p> </section> <section name="Installing services"> <p> The safest way to manually install the service is to use the provided <b>service.bat script. </p> <p> <source> Install the service named 'Tomcat6' C:\> service.bat install </source> </p> <p> If using tomcat6.exe, you need to use the <b>//IS// parameter. </p> <p> <source> Install the service named 'Tomcat6' C:\> tomcat6 //IS//Tomcat6 --DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 6" \ C:\> --Install="C:\Program Files\Tomcat\bin\tomcat6.exe" --Jvm=auto \ C:\> --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm \ C:\> --StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StartParams=start \ C:\> --StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StopParams=stop </source> </p> </section> <section name="Updating services"> <p> To update the service parameters, you need to use the <b>//US// parameter. </p> <p> <source> Update the service named 'Tomcat6 C:\> tomcat6 //US//Tomcat6 --Description="Apache Tomcat Server - http://tomcat.apache.org/ " \ C:\> --Startup=auto --Classpath=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\bootstrap.jar </source> </p> </section> <section name="Removing services"> <p> To remove the service, you need to use the <b>//DS// parameter.
If the service is running it will be stopped and then deleted. </p> <p> <source> Remove the service named 'Tomcat6' C:\> tomcat6 //DS//Tomcat6 </source> </p> </section> <section name="Debugging services"> <p> To run the service in console mode, you need to use the <b>//TS// parameter. The service shutdown can be initiated by pressing <b>CTRL+C or <b>CTRL+BREAK. If you rename the tomcat6.exe to testservice.exe then you can just execute the testservice.exe and this command mode will be executed by default. </p> <p> <source> Run the service named 'Tomcat6' in console mode C:\> tomcat6 //TS//Tomcat6 [additional arguments] Or simply execute: C:\> tomcat6 </source> </p> </section> </body> </document>

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The Tomcat windows-service-howto.xml source code

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      <author email="mturk@apache.org">Mladen Turk
      <title>Windows service HOW-TO
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<body>
 
<section name="NOTICE">
<p>
    <b>This section of the documentation applies to procrun 1.0, and is now obsolete.
</p>
</section>
<section name="Tomcat6 service application">
<p>
    <b>Tomcat6 is a service application for running Tomcat6 as NT service.
</p>
</section>
<section name="Tomcat6w monitor application">
<p>
    <b>Tomcat6w is a GUI application for monitoring and configuring Tomcat
    services.
</p>    
    <p>The available command line options are:

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