Is it possible to install Sun App Server 8 as a Windows Service so I could run it under Windows 2003 Server? If yes, how -- I could not find any information on it.

Sincerely,
Sergei Batiuk.

 

 

I am running Sun Java System Application Server 8 (Platform Edition) on Windows XP.

I want to run the app server as a Windows service.

How can I do this?

I looked at Sun's documentation. I could not find any information about using the app server as a Windows service.

 

 

Check out this thread:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=136&thread=476402

 

 

Is Sun planning to address this issue?

 

 

I received a reply from Paul Ko at Sun Microsystems.

Paul is the product line manager for Sun's Java application server.

[quote]

Sean,

To run the AppServer as a Windows service, you need to use 3rd party
software to enable this. The AppServer is designed to run as a
Windows application, not as a service. You can do a Google search to
find a suitable 3rd party software to fulfill you needs.
Unfortunately, we do not publish which 3rd party software can be used
to do this -- as a policy, we don't endorse any particular vendor.

Best,

Paul

[/quote]

 

 

Hi,

Yo can wrap a java app as a service using JavaService from Alexandria Software.

Go to: http://www.alexandriasc.com/software/JavaService/index.html

Happy coding,

Lorenzo

 

 

I am surprised that Sun does not register the app server as a Windows service.

Does anybody know why Sun did not put this feature in their application server?

 

 

The Alexandria site no longer seems to be available, and the last version of JavaService from there goes back some years.

JavaService had since been enhanced by Multiplan Consultants and updated versions are available for download from http://www.multiplan.co.uk/software/javaservice/

The software is now being hosted as an open source project at http://javaservice.objectweb.org and can be downloaded there. It is hoped to increase functionality and further improve ease of use and configuration of this helpful utility software.

Note: vested interest, it's me that did the extra work ;-)

 

 

fyi

I downloaded Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 2005Q1 Platform Edition from java.sun.com and installed the software on Windows XP Professional.

The software does not register application server as a Windows service. I studied Sun's documentation and I cannot find any discussion about running the application server as a Windows service.

I am disappointed that Sun did not provide this feature.

 

 

http://docs.sun.com/source/819-0076/auto-restart.html#wp1027849

 

 

This blog entry discusses Windows Service aupport in Sun App Server 9

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/Snjezana?entry=windows_services_support_in_sun