Use winsw to deploy jar as a window service

1. Download winsw

Enter the winsw official website to download the WinSW-x64.exe file (it can also be downloaded together with the sample-minimal.xml file)
address: https://github.com/winsw/winsw/releases

1. Put your own jar package and the newly downloaded exe file and xml file into an empty folder
2. Rename all exe files and xml files to the same name as .jar
3. Create a new folder named log to store log files

Two, edit the xml file

The official website indicates that service must be used as the root element of the xml file

<service>
	<id>testWinswService</id> <!-- 服务id在windows系统中必须唯一 -->
	<name>myService</name> <!-- 服务显示名称 -->
	<description>This Service is designed to show winsw.</description>
	<!-- java环境变量 -->
	<env name="JAVA_HOME" value="%JAVA_HOME%" />
	<executable>java</executable>
	<!-- jar包所在路径 -->
	<arguments>-jar "D:\winsw\testWinsw-1.0.1.jar"</arguments>
	
	<!-- 开机自动启动模式:Automatic(默认) -->
	<!-- 手动启动: Manual -->
	<startmode>Automatic</startmode>
	
	<!-- 日志相关配置 -->
	<logpath>%BASE%\log</logpath>
	<logmode>rotate</logmode>
</service>

3. Deploy and run

Enter cmd in the path where the jar package is located to enter the command window

Enter the deploy command:testWinsw-1.0.1.exe install

Start command:testWinsw-1.0.1.exe start

other commands

Stop service: XXX.exe stop

Uninstall service: XXX.exe uninstall

Restart service: XXX.exe restart

View status: XXX.exe status

4. Check the service

You can view it in computer management according to the service name (right-click this computer and click manage to enter)

You can also view it in the task manager according to the service id

Finish