dhis-live is not really designed to be run as a service and I wouldn't really recommend trying. Given that it has a user interaction element in the toolbar etc. Running as a service is sort of the opposite of its defining use case which is to have a minimally configured clickable app to run on a desktop.
I think there are lots of tips on the web regarding running tomcat as a service. Also HISP India has some previous experience in running many tomcat's on a single windows server for different states. Maybe Bharath or John might chip in how they have set up the service. Assuming that is, that they ran tomcat as a windows service. Possibly they logged in and manually started and stopped them. I always find it interesting when looking at the merits of windows vs linux servers that the argument is usually given that windows is more familiar and the hurdle to move to linux is too great. But when one scrapes the surface it seems that windows server skills are actually very scarce. People think they understand windows server because it looks just like windows. But you'll actually find much more knowledgeable support in our community for setting up a dhis+tomcat+postgres+ubuntu. Just my two cents :-) Re displaying different text on hover, its not a bad idea, but not one that anyone is likely to prioritize immediately. Maybe create a blueprint so the idea is not lost. From a zero-configuration perspective there is not much to go on mind you. We have the options of server port, database name or dhis home directory to distinguish between them, but using something mangled from those would at least provide something. A more nicely named instance would require an additional config parameter or a small dialog on startup. Cheers Bob On 19 August 2011 11:06, Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 18 August 2011 13:56, Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On 8/18/11, Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As Ola pointed out, the remaining and important issue is the automated >> >> startup after a power cut. >> > >> > In fact, this is really easy, just place shortcuts to the two >> > dhis2-live.exe files in the Windows Startup folder: >> > >> > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Run-a-program-automatically-when-Windows-starts >> >> Are talking about startup or logging in? > > Good point - that method does require the manual step of going to the > machine and logging in. > > Ideally, we would create our own three services that start automagically on > boot. Found the following link, but have not tried it yet: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251192 > Knut >> >> > >> > Knut >> > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Knut Staring > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
