Run your service.exe install
to install the service.
See the Topshelf Command Line Reference documentation for more information.
Question
Using Visual Studio Express 2012, I've created a console application using Topshelf (Version 3.1.107.0). The application works as a console application, but I can't figure out how to install it as a service. I've published the project from within Visual Studio (Build, Publish), started a command prompt as Administrator, navigated to the folder where the application was published, and run setup.exe -install from the command prompt. The application is installed and runs, but as a console application, not a Windows service. What am I missing here?
For those who may not be familiar with Topshelf, it is a Windows Service framework for .Net and is supposed to facilitate the scenario I describe above - develop and debug as a console application, deploy as a Windows Service. See the documentation at http://docs.topshelf-project.com/en/latest/index.html.
Solution
Run your service.exe install
to install the service.
See the Topshelf Command Line Reference documentation for more information.
OTHER TIPS
cmd.exe
as administrator Navigate the console to
.\myConsoleApplication\bin\Release\
Run the command
.\myConsoleApplication.exe install
Run the command
.\myConsoleApplication.exe start
Code:
using System;
using System.Threading;
using Topshelf;
using Topshelf.Runtime;
namespace MyConsoleApplication
{
public class MyService
{
public MyService(HostSettings settings)
{
}
private SemaphoreSlim _semaphoreToRequestStop;
private Thread _thread;
public void Start()
{
_semaphoreToRequestStop = new SemaphoreSlim(0);
_thread = new Thread(DoWork);
_thread.Start();
}
public void Stop()
{
_semaphoreToRequestStop.Release();
_thread.Join();
}
private void DoWork()
{
while (true)
{
Console.WriteLine("doing work..");
if (_semaphoreToRequestStop.Wait(500))
{
Console.WriteLine("Stopped");
break;
}
}
}
}
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
HostFactory.Run(x =>
{
x.StartAutomatically(); // Start the service automatically
x.EnableServiceRecovery(rc =>
{
rc.RestartService(1); // restart the service after 1 minute
});
x.Service<MyService>(s =>
{
s.ConstructUsing(hostSettings => new MyService(hostSettings));
s.WhenStarted(tc => tc.Start());
s.WhenStopped(tc => tc.Stop());
});
x.RunAsLocalSystem();
x.SetDescription("MyDescription");
x.SetDisplayName("MyDisplayName");
x.SetServiceName("MyServiceName");
});
}
}
}
Browse to the folder and run the command:
AppName.exe install
You must run your command prompt as an Admin.
So this is an old question, but I want to add some command line options.
MyTopShelfImplementation.exe install -servicename "MyServiceName" -displayname "My Display Name" --autostart start
.
--autostart
is for when windows reboots.
start
is for starting the service IMMEDIATELY after you install it
Now, the "names" you can also specify in code
HostFactory.Run(x =>
{
////x.SetDescription("My Description");
x.SetDisplayName("My Display Name");
x.SetServiceName("My Service Name");
////x.SetInstanceName("My Instance");
So if the .exe runs as console app (or as windows service) may be some combination of setting these values in code and/or passing them in via the command line.
I would expect if you did not set the "names" in code AND you did not pass the "names" in by command line args, then you'll get console behavior.