If you'd like to get it included in the Cassandra tree, submitting it to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-292 would be a good start.
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Kochheiser,Todd W - TOK-DITT-1 <twkochhei...@bpa.gov> wrote: > Apache’s Procrun is a “real windows service” similar to the one from Tanuki > Software. In regards to batch files, they are not used by Procrun in any > way. The batch file I created simply makes installing and removing the > service super easy. I’ve used the Tanuki Java Wrapper Service before and it > also works very nicely. However, since Cassandra is an Apache project, it > seemed most appropriate to go ahead and use a Windows service runner from > Apache and to avoid any possible licensing or bundling issues, especially > since I’d like to see it included as a contrib. And, Procrun has been used > for years by various Apache project with Apache Tomcat probably being the > most famous. Regardless, the Tanuki runner works well. > > > > Todd > > > > PS: I believe the community version of the Java Serviced Wrapper from Tanuki > is GPL v2, but I could be wrong. Their licensing is a mix of > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Richard Grossman [mailto:richie...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 3:37 AM > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > Subject: Re: Running Cassandra as a Windows Service > > > > Hello > > Why not using Java Wrapper Service? > http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/doc/english/download.jsp > You can configure any java process as real windows services instead of batch > files > > Richard > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Kochheiser,Todd W - TO-DITT1 > <twkochhei...@bpa.gov> wrote: > > For various reasons I am required to deploy systems on Windows. As such, I > went looking for information on running Cassandra as a Windows service. > I’ve read some of the user threads regarding running Cassandra as a Windows > service, such as this one: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/user@cassandra.apache.org/msg01656.html > > > > I also found the following JIRA issue: > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-292 > > > > As it didn’t look like anyone has contributed a formal solution and having > some experience using Apache’s Procrun > (http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html), I decided to go ahead and > write a batch script and a simple “WindowsService” class to accomplish the > task. The WindowsService class only makes calls to public methods in > CassandraDeamon and is fairly simple. In combination with the batch script, > it is very easy to install and remove the service. At this point, I’ve > installed Cassandra as a Windows service on XP (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit) > and Windows Server 2008 R1/R2 (64 bit). It should work fine on other > version of Windows (2K, 2K3). > > > > Questions: > > > > 1. Has anyone else already done this work? > > 2. If not, I wouldn’t mind sharing the code/script or contributing it > back to the project. Is there any interest in this from the Cassandra dev > team or the user community? > > > > Ideally the WindowsService could be included in the distributed > source/binary distributions (perhaps in a contrib area) as well as the batch > script and associated procrun executables. Or, perhaps it could be posted > to a Cassandra community site (is there one?). > > > > Todd > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com
