+1 It looks like winsw would be a good option. I noticed it also supports arbitrary executables, not just Java programs. That would mean we could use it for both C++ and Java implementations unless there's a good reason not to (once C++ version can run on Windows).
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Joey Frazee <joey.fra...@icloud.com> wrote: > Jefff, there was a related thread about this a few months back: > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/05abafa804b0bb774211ef602d5fc2 > ec3aa8bdf5c584f2aab3014b42@%3Cdev.nifi.apache.org%3E < > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/05abafa804b0bb774211ef602d5fc2 > ec3aa8bdf5c584f2aab3014b42@%3Cdev.nifi.apache.org%3E> > > In that, Andre suggested an approach using https://github.com/kohsuke/ > winsw <https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw> and maybe he has a branch > already, but anything with a compatible license will certainly be a great > contribution. > > I’m sure me and him, and others are very interested in this. > > -joey > > > On Jun 26, 2017, at 1:17 PM, Aldrin Piri <aldrinp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Jeff, > > > > A PR would most certainly be welcomed and (likely could be an easy win > for > > NiFi as well). The only caveat to be mindful of is that any > > frameworks/tools/utilities should be friendly with ALv2 terms as per > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html. If you have any particular > > items in mind and are unsure, please feel free to follow up on here and > we > > can work though what licensing looks like. > > > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Jeff Zemerick <jzemer...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I see a ticket to make the C++ version run as a Windows service > >> (MINIFI-89). Is there a recommended method of running the Java version > as a > >> Windows service? If not, would there be any interest in a pull request > to > >> add that functionality? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jeff > >> > >
