How to make the Nginx-0.7.54(Windows official release) RUN AS WINDOWS SERVICE?

[Igor Sysoev]

On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 05:34:59AM -0400, kernelforce wrote:

> Recently, I got Nginx-0.7.54(official Windows binary), it is simply to install, I'm very apperciate it.
> 
> But in this version, Nginx must be started as
> 
> cd c:\nginx
> start nginx
> 
> 
> My question is how to make it run as a windows service?
> Which is important for a server to start the nginx service before any user is loggin on.
> 
> I used to achieve it as
> 
> cd /d c:\nginx\
> instsrv Nginx c:\nginx\srvany.exe
> 
> and add follow register information
> 
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> 
> 
> "Application"="C:\\nginx\\nginx.exe"
> "AppParameters"=""
> "AppDirectory"="C:\\nginx\\"
> 
> 
> But these above doesn't work in this version. I think the problem may be lie in the difference of starting nginx. But I don't have any more idea, please help me, thx.

Look in the event log and c:/nginx/logs/error.log.
As to service, I plan to add capabilty to rus as service without SrvAny.


-- 
Igor Sysoev
http://sysoev.ru/en/