Installing as a Windows Service

Any Java-based application, including WSO2 Carbon and any Carbon-based product, can be run as a Windows service by using a bridging tool such as Yet Another Java Service Wrapper (YAJSW).

Since YAJSW is distributed under the LGPL license and WSO2 is distributed under the Apache2 license, these two can not be packed together in a distribution. However, any end-user or customer can freely combine components under these two licenses as long as the combined work is not distributed. The instructions below guide you through using YAJSW to install a WSO2 product as a Windows Service.

Follow the instructions in the sections below to set it up.

Prerequisites

Install JDK and set up the JAVA_HOME environment variable. For more information, see Installation Prerequisites.
Download and install a service wrapper library to use for running your WSO2 product as a Windows service. WSO2 recommends Yet Another Java Service Wrapper (YAJSW) version 11.03, and several WSO2 products provide a default wrapper.conf file in their <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/yajsw/ directory. The instructions below describe how to set up this file.

Setting up the YAJSW wrapper configuration file

The configuration file used for wrapping Java Applications by YAJSW is the wrapper.conf file. The wrapper.conf file found in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/yajsw/ directory holds the minimal configuration for running a WSO2 product as a Windows Service.

Copy the wrapper.conf file found in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/yajsw/ directory and paste it in the <YAJSW_HOME>/conf/ directory.
A sample of the wrapper.conf file that is packed with the WSO2 product is given below.

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Minimal wrapper.conf configuration

#********************************************************************
# working directory
#********************************************************************
wrapper.working.dir=${carbon_home}\\
# Java Main class.  
# YAJSW: default is "org.rzo.yajsw.app.WrapperJVMMain" 
# DO NOT SET THIS PROPERTY UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR OWN IMPLEMENTATION
# wrapper.java.mainclass=
#********************************************************************
# tmp folder
# yajsw creates temporary files named in_.. out_.. err_.. jna..
# per default these are placed in jna.tmpdir.
# jna.tmpdir is set in setenv batch file to <yajsw>/tmp
#********************************************************************
wrapper.tmp.path = ${jna_tmpdir}
#********************************************************************
# Application main class or native executable
# One of the following properties MUST be defined
#********************************************************************
# Java Application main class
wrapper.java.app.mainclass=org.wso2.carbon.bootstrap.Bootstrap
# Log Level for console output.  (See docs for log levels)
wrapper.console.loglevel=INFO
# Log file to use for wrapper output logging.
wrapper.logfile=${wrapper_home}\/log\/wrapper.log
# Format of output for the log file.  (See docs for formats)
#wrapper.logfile.format=LPTM
# Log Level for log file output.  (See docs for log levels)
#wrapper.logfile.loglevel=INFO
# Maximum size that the log file will be allowed to grow to before
#  the log is rolled. Size is specified in bytes.  The default value
#  of 0, disables log rolling by size.  May abbreviate with the 'k' (kB) or
#  'm' (mB) suffix.  For example: 10m = 10 megabytes.
# If wrapper.logfile does not contain the string ROLLNUM it will be automatically added as suffix of the file name
wrapper.logfile.maxsize=10m
# Maximum number of rolled log files which will be allowed before old
#  files are deleted.  The default value of 0 implies no limit.
wrapper.logfile.maxfiles=10
# Title to use when running as a console
wrapper.console.title="WSO2 Carbon"
#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Windows Service and Posix Daemon Properties
#********************************************************************
# Name of the service
wrapper.ntservice.name="WSO2CARBON"
# Display name of the service
wrapper.ntservice.displayname="WSO2 Carbon"
# Description of the service
wrapper.ntservice.description="Carbon Kernel"
#********************************************************************
# Wrapper System Tray Properties
#********************************************************************
# enable system tray
wrapper.tray = true
# TCP/IP port. If none is defined multicast discovery is used to find the port
# Set the port in case multicast is not possible.
wrapper.tray.port = 15002
#********************************************************************
# Exit Code Properties
# Restart on non zero exit code
#********************************************************************
wrapper.on_exit.0=SHUTDOWN
wrapper.on_exit.default=RESTART
#********************************************************************
# Trigger actions on console output
#********************************************************************
# On Exception show message in system tray
wrapper.filter.trigger.0=Exception
wrapper.filter.script.0=scripts\/trayMessage.gv
wrapper.filter.script.0.args=Exception
#********************************************************************
# genConfig: further Properties generated by genConfig
#********************************************************************
placeHolderSoGenPropsComeHere=
wrapper.java.command = ${java_home}\\bin\\java
wrapper.java.classpath.1 = ${java_home}\\lib\\tools.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.2 = ${carbon_home}\\bin\\*.jar
wrapper.app.parameter.1 = org.wso2.carbon.bootstrap.Bootstrap
wrapper.app.parameter.2 = RUN
wrapper.java.additional.1 = -Xbootclasspath\/a:${carbon_home}\\lib\\xboot\\*.jar
wrapper.java.additional.2 = -Xms256m
wrapper.java.additional.3 = -Xmx1024m
wrapper.java.additional.4 = -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
wrapper.java.additional.5 = -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
wrapper.java.additional.6 = -XX:HeapDumpPath=${carbon_home}\\repository\\logs\\heap-dump.hprof
wrapper.java.additional.7 = -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
wrapper.java.additional.8 = -Djava.endorsed.dirs=${carbon_home}\\lib\\endorsed;${java_home}\\jre\\lib\\endorsed
wrapper.java.additional.9 = -Dcarbon.registry.root=\/
wrapper.java.additional.10 = -Dcarbon.home=${carbon_home}
wrapper.java.additional.11 = -Dwso2.server.standalone=true
wrapper.java.additional.12 = -Djava.command=${java_home}\\bin\\java
wrapper.java.additional.13 = -Djava.io.tmpdir=${carbon_home}\\tmp
wrapper.java.additional.14 = -Dcatalina.base=${carbon_home}\\lib\\tomcat 
wrapper.java.additional.15 = -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${carbon_home}\\repository\\conf\\log4j.properties
wrapper.java.additional.16 = -Dcarbon.config.dir.path=${carbon_home}\\repository\\conf 
wrapper.java.additional.17 = -Dcarbon.logs.path=${carbon_home}\\repository\\logs 
wrapper.java.additional.18 = -Dcomponents.repo=${carbon_home}\\repository\\components\\plugins
wrapper.java.additional.19 = -Dconf.location=${carbon_home}\\repository\\conf 
wrapper.java.additional.20 = -Dcom.atomikos.icatch.file=${carbon_home}\\lib\\transactions.properties
wrapper.java.additional.21 = -Dcom.atomikos.icatch.hide_init_file_path=true 
wrapper.java.additional.22 = -Dorg.apache.jasper.runtime.BodyContentImpl.LIMIT_BUFFER=true 
wrapper.java.additional.23 = -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool.authentication=simple
wrapper.java.additional.24 = -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool.timeout=3000 
wrapper.java.additional.25 = -Dorg.terracotta.quartz.skipUpdateCheck=true 
wrapper.java.additional.26 = -Dorg.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.STRICT_QUOTE_ESCAPING=false
wrapper.java.additional.27 = -Dfile.encoding=UTF8
wrapper.java.additional.28 = -DworkerNode=false
wrapper.java.additional.29 = -Dorg.wso2.ignoreHostnameVerification=true

Setting up CARBON_HOME

Extract the Carbon-based product that you want to run as a Windows service, and then set the Windows environment variable CARBON_HOME to the extracted product directory location.
For example, if you want to run IS 5.1.0 or IS 5.3.0 as a Windows service, you would set CARBON_HOME to the extracted wso2is-5.1.0 OR wso2is-5.3.0 directory.

Running the product in console mode

You will now verify that YAJSW is configured correctly for running the Carbon-based product as a Windows service.

Open a Windows command prompt and go to the <YAJSW_HOME>/bat/ directory. For example:
```
cd C:\Documents and Settings\yajsw_home\bat
```
Start the wrapper in console mode using the following command:
```
runConsole.bat
```
For example:

If the configurations are set properly for YAJSW, you will see console output similar to the following and can now access the WSO2 management console from your web browser via https://localhost:9443/carbon.

Working with the WSO2CARBON service

To install the Carbon-based product as a Windows service, execute the following command in the <YAJSW_HOME>/bat/ directory:

installService.bat

The console will display a message confirming that the WSO2CARBON service was installed.

To start the service, execute the following command in the same console window:

startService.bat

The console will display a message confirming that the WSO2CARBON service was started.

To stop the service, execute the following command in the same console window:

stopService.bat

The console will display a message confirming that the WSO2CARBON service has stopped.

To uninstall the service, execute the following command in the same console window:

uninstallService.bat

The console will display a message confirming that the WSO2CARBON service was removed.