Create a Windows Service for Flex Server
There are many reasons why you may want to add a JRun server instance to the Windows Services panel. I”ve found that its very handy on production machines in a cluster. If one fails, it recovers nicely without me having to help. Here is how I do it.
JRun provides an executable for managing its server instances called jrunsvc.exe. You can find it in the jrun_install_root\\bin directory. Open a command line window to this directory and execute jrunsvc along with some of these options:
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Option
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Description
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-install jrun_server [service-name [service-display [service-description]]]
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Installs the JRun server as a Windows service. The Windows service name, Windows service display name, and Windows service description fields are optional. If a name contains spaces, use quotation marks.
The Mask:jrunsvc -install server_name “service display name” “service description”
The Example:
jrunsvc -install flexsamples “Flex Sample Applications Server” “Flex Samples”
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-remove service-name
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Removes the named Windows service, if you installed it using this utility. You can mark the service for deletion on system start.
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-stop service-name
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Starts the named service, if it is not already started.
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-start service-name
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Stops the named service, if it has started.
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-console service-name
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Runs the service from the console rather than from the Windows service Control Manager. Use this option for debugging.
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-config path-to-jvm.config
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Specifies a path to the JVM configuration file used by the Windows service.
Overrides the default, jrun_root\\bin\\jvm.config, to determine the JVM configuration.
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-help
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Lists all options.
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This table is from the JRun Documentation with some modifications.
That is it! Now, when ever the server is restarted, the necessary Flex servers will start as well.
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