[Opensim-dev] Feature Request ...

[Kyle Hamilton]

You can also use srvany.exe from Microsoft to turn any .exe into a
service.  http://www.iopus.com/guides/srvany.htm has information.

-Kyle H

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Stefan Andersson <stefan at tribalmedia.se> wrote:
> Excellent! We really need windows service wrappers for the various exe's.
>
> A couple of pointers:
>
> 1) Since this is (in practice) a windows-only project, you should implement
> this as a 'forge' project;
> http://forge.opensimulator.org/gf/
>
> 2) To be able to do so, you should implement the services as 'wrappers',
> separate applications that _use_ the Main Classes, not change or expand on
> them, like for example for the grid service wrapper:
>
>     partial class GridServ : ServiceBase
>     {
>         private GridServerBase m_gridApplication;
>
>         protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
>         {
>             // Define working directory (For a service, this is set to
> System dir by default...)
>             Process pc = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
>             string useDirectory = pc.MainModule.FileName.Substring(0,
> pc.MainModule.FileName.LastIndexOf(@"\"));
>             Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(useDirectory);
>             log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
>             m_gridApplication = new GridServerBase();
>             m_gridApplication.Startup();
>         }
>    }
>
> (This snippet taken from Tribal Medias proprietary service wrappers - feel
> free to copy+paste.)
>
> 3) When you've done the wrappers, the next step is to add a method to
> communicate with the consoles. One way to go about it is to have the service
> process redirect the console in and output to a named pipe, and then supply
> a console app that listens/writes to those pipes.
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Andersson
> Tribal Media AB
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:53:32 +0100
> From: Develope at Ashuan.de
> To: Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: [Opensim-dev] Feature Request ...
>
>
> Hi Friends,
>
>
>
> i wish to implement the feature to run all Gridcomponents (Userserver,
> Assetserver ....) as a Service.
>
> My work is now only to evaluate how easy or not it is ... it is easy .. but
> ...
>
>
>
> I must add an Reference to the System.ServiceProcess in several Project.
>
> Now my question ...
>
>
>
> Is there a Problem doing this?
>
> And second how do i include an reference into a .patch-File?
>
>
>
> Kai
>
>
>
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