Running as a service

[k75Adventure]

Based on the logs and simulated power outages, WinNut-Client isn't monitoring and initiating a shutdown while the computer is locked.

Does anyone have any tips on how to run WinNUT-Client as a service?

I have tried using sc.exe create; however, I cannot get the service to run. I've had success using AlwaysUp, but I'd rather not rely on another application.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[gbakeman]

Hi there,

This is definitely a desired feature but not something that will be ready any time soon. We're currently tracking this in #46 which you can subscribe to keep updated. There are also some suggested workarounds there (nothing I can officially endorse), the latest one being using something called NSSM. I do want to mention that since I commented there, WinNUT no longer stores its settings in the Registry: rather, in a config file so I'm not sure how that will work now.

All that being said, I have WinNUT running and monitoring on a computer that's typically locked, so it sounds like there's something else going on here if you want to look into it. Could you tell me more about the issue?

[k75Adventure]

Exactly! It sounds like something like NSSM or AlwaysUp is necessary to work around this current limitation of WinNut?

I tried using Task Scheduler but wasn't successful.

[gbakeman]

I have to preface this by saying running a GUI program as a service is unknown territory to me, so take this with a grain of salt. WinNUT is a Windows Forms app first and foremost, so it depends on having that user interface available while it's running. Once you have it configured, you'll probably need an app to encapsulated WinNUT so it's able to display its GUI without running into any issues. I would say to go with NSSM since the other user mentioned it working fine, if AlwaysUp doesn't do it for you. And please let us know what you find out!

[k75Adventure]

Thanks so much; I really appreciate your input and suggestions!

[k75Adventure]

Just following up, NSSM worked perfectly. Created a service and ran it as a user.

[gbakeman]

Glad to hear it worked! Make sure you subscribed to the issue (#46) and you'll start getting pings once work is underway on making this a native feature.

[k75Adventure]

I definitely will; I look forward to that! Thanks for your work on the project. It's super useful and needed!