CF10 Multiserver - Create windows service

[am2605]

Hi,

I've installed ColdFusion 10 on my development machine (Windows 7 64bit) and yesterday created a new server instance in CF10 using the "Enterprise Manager" in the ColdFusion Administrator.  During the creation of this new instance, I didn't check the checkbox to create a Windows service.

Now, I've changed my mind and would like to have a Windows service for this new instance, however I can't figure out how to do it.

I expect you use the coldfusionsvc.exe for this, however I am not having any success with it. What parameters do I need to pass to this to make it work?  The -h option gives the following, but I can't understand what I need to put for <jrun-server>:

c:\ColdFusion10\nws\bin>coldfusionsvc.exe -h

Usage: coldfusionsvc

-install [-norestart] <jrun-server> [service-name [service-display [service-description]]] [-<jrun-option>...]

or -remove service-name

or -start service-name

or -starttimeout <seconds> service-name

or -stop service-name

or -stoptimeout <seconds> service-name

or -logfilesize <no_of_kbs> service-name

or -logfileRotationLimit <no_of_files> service-name

or -status service-name

or -console service-name [-<jrun-option>...]

If I try something like this, I get an error:

c:\ColdFusion10\nws\bin>coldfusionsvc.exe -install nws "cf10-nsw" "ColdFusion 10 - NWS Instance"

CreateService failed with error status 123

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Can anyone please point me in the right direction?

Many thanks,

Andrew.

[mtangorre]

I have asked Adobe for clarification on this as well and they have provided zero helpful information. In fact, the help information for the command itself still references "jrun". I will reply again if I figure out how the coldfusionsvc tool is to be used and the proper syntax etc...

[am2605]

Thank you.  I noticed the references to "jrun" in the command.  Very sloppy.

[am2605]

The best solution I can find is to not use coldfusionsvc.exe to install the service.

I did it using the sc command, as follows:

sc create "ColdFusion 10 NWS Server" binPath= "C:\ColdFusion10\nws\bin\coldfusionsvc.exe" displayname= "ColdFusion 10 NWS Server" start= auto

(note that the spaces after the equals signs are required)

If you're a pedant like me and also want a description, it looks like you have to do this using a separate execution of the command:

sc description "ColdFusion 10 NWS Server" "The ColdFusion 10 NWS Service"