How to run Ember as Windows Service

How to run Ember as a Windows service using WinSW

Resources

• Official source: https://github.com/winsw/winsw
• Installation guide: https://github.com/winsw/winsw/blob/v3/docs/installation.md
• Config file: https://github.com/winsw/winsw/blob/v3/docs/xml-config-file.md

Requirements

• JDK 8+ – required by Ember
• .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher – required by WinSW

Steps

1. Download Ember distribution zip and place it under %EMBER_DIST%
2. Create %EMBER_DIST%\service directory
3. Download [WinSW](https://github.com/winsw/winsw/releases/download/v3.0.0-alpha.4/WinSW.NET461.exe should match with your platform and .NET Framework), place it %EMBER_DIST%\service and rename to winsw.exe
4. Create %EMBER_DIST%\service\ember-service.xml (see below for reference)
5. Run winsw.exe install ember-service.xml
6. Repeat 4-5 steps for ember-monitor, ember-warehouse, and ember-compaction processes

Config

<service>
    <env name="EMBER_HOME" value="c:\temp\Ember\win-srv\home\"/>
    <env name="EMBER_WORK" value="c:\temp\Ember\win-srv\work\"/>
    <env name="EMBER_DIST" value="c:\temp\Ember\win-srv\"/>

    <id>ember-service</id>
    <name>Ember Service</name>
    <description>Ember Service</description>

    <logmode>rotate</logmode>
    <logpath>logs\ember-service</logpath>

    <executable>java</executable>
    <arguments>
        -cp %EMBER_DIST%\lib\*;%EMBER_DIST%\lib\custom\*
        deltix.ember.app.EmberApp
    </arguments>
</service>

Components

Name	Class	Command Line
Ember	deltix.ember.app.EmberApp	-
Ember Monitor	deltix.ember.monitor.EmberMonitorApp	-
Ember Warehouse	deltix.ember.data.warehouse.EmberWarehouseApp	${unit-name}
Ember Compaction	deltix.ember.journal.compaction.EmberCompactionApp	-