Hey all. I have an issue running ccnet as service on windows server 2008, 64 bit. I have finally been able to get the ccnet working as a service...I think. At least the webdashboard loads up properly, and I can see my ccnet projects properly. I use ccnet to launch selenium tests on firefox in chrome mode. That is my problem; the firefox window does not become visible and my tests do not execute. I can see the firefox process start up in taskmanager, but it seems to stop in its memory consumption, short of the normal memory it consumes when firefox is working properly (when the firefox window becomes visible and my tests run).
Please note that when I run ccnet from the console, all works as expected. The firefox window pops up as expected, my selenium tests execute. All is fine. I had similar issues with running ccnet as a service on server 2003, but that was resolved when I allowed the service to interact with the desktop. I have tried doing the same in server 2008, but with no success. The event log on server 2008 shows the following message: "The CCService service is marked as an interactive service. However, the system is configured to not allow interactive services. This service may not function properly." I am not sure what to tweak to get the service interacting with the desktop... or if this config step is actually required. Hopefully this sounds familiar to something that someone has gone through... SOMEONE hast to have tired getting ccnet, firefox and selenium running on server 2008. I am using ccnet version 1.4.0.3400, which is old, but I havent had a reason to upgrade yet (waiting for 1.5 to get out of ctp), the latest version of firefox (3.5.6). Thanks for listening.
