Info:

This article summarizes our recommended steps to run the Valsight Server application as a Windows Service. It is relevant for IT Administrators only.

Prerequisites

• You obtained a Valsight installation, and you can start it during your regular user session on the server
• Recommended: The database connection is correctly configured in config.yml

Installing Valsight as Windows Service

Warning:

You need to execute the installer from an administrative command shell. It is highly recommended to avoid blanks/spaces in the path. Once you have installed the service, do not move or rename the folder.

To install, navigate to the Valsight install directory and follow the commands:

# Starting from the Valsight install directory, e.g. c:\valsight
# Make sure this is an admin cmd shell
cd windowsservice
cp valsightservice.xml.default valsightservice.xml
# Adapt the XML File, e.g. for more RAM or different JVM settings.
install_as_windows_service.bat

Info:

You may update the XML Configuration. Simply restart the service for the update to take effect.

Uninstall the Service

Run

valsightservice.exe uninstall

from the c:\valsight\windowsservice directory

Info

We are using https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw which is distributed under the Apache2 License. You may use another service wrapper to start the Valsight application.