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Re: Apache as a Windows Service?
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Ronald S Woan <woan at woan dot org>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:57:41 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Apache as a Windows Service?
- References: <200502120253.j1C2qcWa022955@world.waena.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Ronald S Woan wrote:
> have read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/apache-1.3.29-1.README which indicates all
> you need is the -a "-F" flag. I did have to run rebaseall which cause httpd
> to fail which was fixed using setup to do a reinstall of apache. Problem now
> is I quit my shell that started the httpd daemon and disconnected, httpd
> dies, so it seems like the windows service is the best option to keep it
> running even when I am logged off.
>
> ronw@brisket /usr/share/doc/Cygwin
> $ cygrunsrv -I apache -p /usr/sbin/httpd.exe -a "-F"
> ronw@brisket /usr/share/doc/Cygwin
> $ cygrunsrv -S apache
> cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062:
> The service has not been started.
Check that your /etc/passwd and /etc/group are up-to-date. Also, check
both /var/log/httpd.log and the Windows Event Log.
> ronw@brisket /usr/share/doc/Cygwin
> $ /usr/sbin/httpd.exe -F
Yes, this would cause the daemon to be tied to the opening shell. If you
can't figure out why the service approach doesn't work for you, you might
try "setsid /usr/sbin/httpd.exe -F".
Igor
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