This worked for me on Windows 7:
- Create folder C:\my_app
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Go to your Play! app folder in command line and type
play dist
- Copy generated “something-SNAPSHOT” folder to C:\my_app
- Download YAJSW and extract to C:\my_app
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In C:\my_app\something-SNAPSHOT\ make a new file start.bat and fill it with command like this:
java -cp "C:\my_app\something-SNAPSHOT\lib\*" play.core.server.NettyServer
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Save it and launch start.bat. Your play app must start and work as usual. Take a look at server’s PID. You will use it in the next step.
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Now using command prompt go to C:\my_app\yajsw\bat and type
genConfig.bat < PID from previous step >
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You generated C:\my_app\yajsw\conf\wrapper.conf. Edit this file and change these params like so:
wrapper.ntservice.name=My App Name
wrapper.ntservice.displayname=My App NameSave file.
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Terminate the start.bat script you started in 6. then, in C:\my_app\yajsw\bat launch
runConsole.bat
If app starts, do a
Ctrl c
(and answer y) to terminate the batch file and proceed to next step. -
To install service launch (Run as administrator)
installService.bat
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To start service launch
startService.bat
Now you can see your “My App Name” service in Windows services.
To stop service you can use stopService.bat
. To uninstall it uninstallService.bat
.