[TIKA-2186] Install Apache Tika as Windows Service

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.13
• Component/s: batch, config, server
• Labels: beginner features windows

Environment

Windows

• Flags: Important
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jesus Valenzuela
• Created: 25/Nov/16 15:31
• Updated: 25/Nov/16 15:31

Description

Hello.

Is a pleasure for me to contact to the Apache Tika team.
My name is Jesus Valenzuela.

I have a question and I hope you can help me. I was looking for a way to install Apache Tika as Windows Service, I have been searching in Internet for some mechanism, there are a lot of information but I can't find out something concrete.

I found an article that indicates how to run a Java application as a windows service :
http://ulrichpalha.com/myblog/2011/11/19/using-commons-daemon-procrun-to-run-your-java-application-as-a-windows-service/

But in this case, I would have to make a wrapper for Tika to start and stop the service - I think so

There are a best way to install Tika as a Windows Service?

For example, using ElasticSearch, in the folder bin there is a file named service.bat, when you run this file ES is installed as a Windows Service.

Thank you for your time.
Regards.