Installing or Uninstalling ActiveSpaces Processes as Windows Services

Using an ActiveSpaces process as a Windows service is beneficial to automatically start the process when the computer starts up and when you want the process to continue running even if the associated user is not logged into the system. In addition, you can define a policy on the action to take on the failure of the Windows service. You can also define dependencies on other Windows services.

To arrange ActiveSpaces processes as Windows services, use the prunsrv tool, which is part of the Apache Procrun package. The ActiveSpaces installer includes this tool on Windows platforms. For documentation, see Apache Commons. To start the TIBCO FTL servers as a Windows service, see "TIBCO FTL Processes as Windows Services" in TIBCO FTL^®Administration.

Installing ActiveSpaces Processes as Windows Services

A single command is used to install each process as a Windows Service. The command is a call to prunsrv.exe with the install service parameter (//IS). The following generic references are made to the installation environment:

TIBCO_HOME is the top-level installation directory for TIBCO products.
version is the current version of the product. For example, the current version is ActiveSpaces.

Before you begin Ensure that both Java and the TIBCO FTL Windows package and the TIBCO ActiveSpaces Windows package are installed on a local disk of the host computer (not on a mapped network drive).

Procedure

Model your command based on the following template:
```
TIBCO_HOME\as\<as_version>\bin\prunsrv.exe //IS/tibdgservicename --DisplayName="TIBCO Service Name" --Install=TIBCO_HOME\as\<as_version>\bin\prunsrv.exe
--StartMode=exe
--StartImage=TIBCO_HOME\as\<as_version>\bin\tibdg***.exe
--LibraryPath=TIBCO_HOME\as\<as_version>\bin;TIBCO_HOME\ftl\<ftl_version>\bin
--StartParams=-n;process_name;otherparams
--StopMode=exe
--StopImage=TIBCO_HOME\as\<as_version>\bin\tibdg.exe
--StopParams=processtype;stop
```
Tip: If you plan to copy the code snippet, remember to remove line breaks for all the sample commands that are associated with prunsrv.exe.
Notice these aspects of the command line template:
- --Install is the file path of the prunsrv executable.
- --LibraryPath is the directory containing TIBCO FTL and ActiveSpaces DLL files.
- --StartParams contains the command line parameters needed to start the process. Semicolon (;) is the separator character, as prunsrv does not allow spaces.
- --StopParams contains the command line parameters needed for the tibdg administration utility. These include the URL to one or more TIBCO FTL servers and the name of the ActiveSpaces process to stop. Semicolon (;) is the separator character, as prunsrv does not allow spaces.

Uninstalling ActiveSpaces Processes as Windows Services

One command uninstalls any Windows service that you installed by using prunsrv.

Procedure

Model your command based on the following template:

TIBCO_HOME\as\<as_version>\bin\prunsrv.exe //DS/service_name