Register etcd as windows service is ok , but can not startup

[cloudtrends]

hi,all

After using etcd on windows for a while , I decided that run etcd as a windows service .
I am using command : sc create myetcd binPath= ...... registered , it works.

But when I start the registered the service , the following error recorded by Event Logger :

The myetcd service failed to start due to the following error:

The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

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Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance .

[xiang90]

None of the etcd team is window person... So I am afraid we cannot help you. I will mark this as window and want help for a while.

[cloudtrends]

@xiang90

may be I have to dig it by myself .
thanks

[xiang90]

@cloudtrends Sorry! Maybe you can also send a pull request to faq.md to talk about how to run etcd as a windows service.

[judwhite]

@cloudtrends It looks like it's currently not supported. There's another request in #1628.

I've had good experiences with https://github.com/kardianos/service and use it in production.

There's also https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc, I've not used it personally.

NSSM is another option, it'll host an exe as a service. I would prefer a code solution but NSSM apparently handles SIGTERM's and restarts properly.

[xiang90]

@cloudtrends Do you think @judwhite's answer solves your issue?

[judwhite]

@xiang90 Would you mind taking a look at https://github.com/kardianos/service? NSSM is a less than ideal solution.

The last two commits in https://github.com/judwhite/nsq/commits/master show changes made to use kardianos in NSQ. Some of the changes (app to util, a few others) are unrelated to the Windows Service work and should have been made in another commit, TBH I never thought I'd be referencing it.

The only other production viable option is to run the process on startup through a scheduled task. Running as a Windows Service is the preferred approach for install, start, stop, monitoring, and other operations tasks.

[xiang90]

@judwhite If #1628 works, I would prefer this one. It introduces windows only dependency and does not change the code path on other platform.

[judwhite]

@xiang90 Sounds fair. I'll look into the package and follow up within the week.

[xiang90]

@judwhite I will ping the original author of #1628. If both of you are interested in helping maintain windows service thing, we would be very confident and happy to accept the patch. Thanks!

[xiang90]

/cc @chai2010

[chai2010]

@xiang90 I will sent a new PR soon. Thanks.

[chai2010]

@xiang90 The new PR is here: #3410

[gyuho]

Closing due to inactivity. Please create a new issue if needed.