Wrapper for WinSW, event logging, Windows service manager.

• current version: WinSW v3.0.0-alpha.10
• Temporarely using 2.11.0 until a more stable version is released, code adapted for v3, some features might not work, function signatures might change

Features

• OS Service: Run scripts (not necessarily Node.js) as native Windows services.
• Event Logging: Create logs in the Event log.
• Process:
  • Start, Stop, Restart Services/Tasks
  • List Tasks: List windows running services/tasks.
  • Kill Task: Kill a specific windows service/task by PID or name.

Installation

npm install win-sv

Usage

• All WinSW options: WinSW instalation guide

Minimal required options (id, script):

var { Service } = require('win-sv');

var svc = new Service({
  id: 'HelloWorld', // service name
  script: 'C:\\path\\to\\helloworld.js',
  // optional
  name: 'my service' // display name
  description: 'Server powered by node.js.',
});

All options description:

• winswDir: directory name for winsw instance
• winswDest: path where to place the winsw.exe instance,
  • defaults to script path

  winswDir: 'service', // default: 'daemon'
  winswDest: 'C:/different/path',
  // result: creates a folder named 'service' in C:/different/path/
  
  // executable that will run the script,
  execPath: '', // usually not necessary, defaults to node.exe
  execOptions/nodeOptions: [], // list of node/executable arguments
  scriptOptions: [], // list of script arguments
  // current working directory
  workingdirectory: '', // be careful with relative paths

  // simple Object or Array
  env: { "HOME": process.env["USERPROFILE"] },
  // or
  env: [{ name: "HOME", value: process.env["USERPROFILE"] },],

  depend: [],// service depends on another service to run properly, wait for depend service to start

  // Run under a different User Account
  logOnAs: true, // local
  // or user account
  logOnAs: {
    domain: 'mydomain.local',
    account: 'username',
    password: 'password', // optional, default: ''
    allowservicelogon: true // optional
  },
  // or group managed service
  logOnAs: {
    domain: 'mydomain.local',
    account: 'username$', // $ - important
    allowservicelogon: true // optional
  },

  resetfailure: 1 // in seconds
  onfailure: [ // max 3 options
    { action: "restart" delay: 10 }, // delay in seconds
    { action: "reboot" delay: 20 },
    { action: "none" },
  ],
  
  logpath: '',// change default log path, default: in winsw daemon folder
  log: { // log options
    mode: 'append' || 'roll-by-time' || 'roll-by-size' || 'roll-by-size-time',
    // optional/extra properties for each option
    // roll-by-time: pattern
    // roll-by-size: sizeThreshold, keepFiles
    // roll-by-size-time: sizeThreshold, pattern, autoRollAtTime
  },
  priority: 'Normal|Idle|High|RealTime|BelowNormal|AboveNormal',
  startmode: 'Automatic|Manual|Boot|System',
  delayedAutoStart: false,
  stoptimeout: '1', // in seconds
  
  securitydescriptor: '',
  startarguments: [],
  stopexecutable: false,
  stoparguments: [], // stopexecutable must be true
  interactive: false,

  beeponshutdown: false,
  download: {
    from: '',
    to: '',
    failOnError: '',
    auth: '',
    username: '',
    password: '', // optional
  },

Result is alwaus a Promise

var result = await svc.status() => Promise;
var result = await svc.start([noElevate]) => Promise;
var result = await svc.stop([force][, noElevate][, noWait]) => Promise;
var result = await svc.restart([noElevate]) => Promise;
var result = await svc.selfRestart([noElevate]) => Promise;
var result = await svc.refresh(options[, noElevate]) => Promise;
var result = await svc.customize([output][, manufacturer]) => Promise;
// auto stops if necesssary
var result = await svc.uninstall([removeFiles][, forceStop][, noElevate][, noWait]) => Promise;
var result = await svc.install({
  overwrite: true // overwrite files if already exists
  noElevate: false,
  user/username: '',
  pass/password: '',
}) => Promise;

Note: uninstall only removes the OS service, removeFiles option removes process specific files not the application itself

Events

svc.on('status', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });
svc.on('start', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });
svc.on('stop', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });
svc.on('restart', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });
svc.on('install', function(msg) { svc.start() });
svc.on('refresh', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });
svc.on('customize', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });
svc.on('uninstall', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });
svc.on('invalidinstallation', function(msg) { console.log(msg) });

• selfRestart calls restart event

Event Logging

var { EventLogger } = require('win-service');

// new EventLogger(source[,isSystem]);
var log = new EventLogger('My Event Name', true);
// or
var log = new EventLogger({
  source: 'My Event Name',
  isSystem: true // optional, defaults to 'APLICATION'
});

log.info('Info log.'[,code]) => Promise;
log.warn('Warn log!'[,code]) => Promise;
log.error('Something went wrong.'[,code]) => Promise;

• register event in windows registry so any further messages won't require elevation. registerEventSource does require elevation

log.registerEventSource() => Promise

• isSystem - optional, defaults to 'APLICATION'
• code - default 1000, Microsoft docs says valid values are between 1-1000

Process

start, stop, restart

• using net start, net stop

var srv = require('win-sv');

srv.process.start(serviceName) => Promise;
srv.process.stop(serviceName) => Promise;
srv.Process.restart(serviceName) => Promise;

list

Displays a list of currently running processes.

• cmd -> tasklist

var service = require('win-sv');

service.process.list([filter][,verbose]) => Promise;

Output is specific to the version of the OS.
Windows 10 output:

[{
  ImageName: 'cmd.exe',
  PID: '57516',
  SessionName: 'Console',
  'Session#': '0',
  MemUsage: '1,736 K',
  Status: 'Unknown',
  UserName: 'N/A',
  CPUTime: '0:00:00',
  WindowTitle: 'N/A' 
}]

The non-verbose output typically provides:

• ImageName, PID, SessionName, Session#, MemUsage, CPUTime.

kill

• cmd -> taskkill

var service = require('win-sv');

service.process.kill(pidOrName[,force]) => Promise;
// or
service.Process.kill(pidOrName[,force]) => Promise;

Note: using name can kill multiple processes

CLI

• TODO

Licenses

WinSW and elevate are the copyrights of their respective owners

• WinSW.exe is distributed under MIT license.
• elevate.exe (by Kai Liu) could not find any.