SYNOPSIS

     use Win32::ServiceManager;
     use Path::Class 'file';
    
     my $dir = file(__FILE__)->parent->absolute;
     my $sc = Win32::ServiceManager->new(
        nssm_path => $dir->file(qw( cgi exe nssm.exe ))->stringify,
     );
    
     $sc->create_service(
        name => 'LynxWebServer01',
        display => 'Lynx Web Server 1',
        description => 'Handles Web Requests on port 3001',
        command =>
           $dir->file(qw( App script server.pl ))->stringify .
              ' -p 3001',
     );
     $sc->start_service('LynxWebServer01', { non_blocking => 0 });
     $sc->stop_service('LynxWebServer01');
     $sc->delete_service('LynxWebServer01');

METHODS

 create_service

     $sc->create_service(
        name        => 'GRWeb1',
        display     => 'Giant Robot Web Worker 1',
        description => 'Handles Giant Robot Web Requests on port 3001',
        use_perl    => 1,
        use_nssm    => 1,
        command     => 'C:\code\GR\script\server.pl -p 3001',
        depends     => [qw(MSSQL Apache2.4)],
        start       => 'delayed-auto',
        user        => 'DOMAIN\username',
        password    => 'hunter2',
     );

    Takes a hash of the following arguments:

      * name

      (required) The name of the service (which is used when doing a sc
      start etc.)

      * use_nssm

      (defaults to the value of "use_nssm_default") Set this to start your
      service with "nssm"

      * use_perl

      (defaults to the value of "use_perl_default") Set this to create perl
      services. Uses $^X. If for some reason you want to use a different
      perl you will have to set use_perl to false.

      * display

      (required) The display name to give the service

      * description

      (optional) The description to give the service.

      * check_command

      (defaults to the value of "check_command_default") This will check
      that the command you passed exists on the filesystem and if it does
      not exists it will die

      * command

      (required) The command that is effectively your service

      * args

      (optional) Arguments that get passed to the command above. XXX: do
      these even make sense?

      * depends

      (optional) List of service names that must be started for your
      service to function. You may either pass a string or an array ref. A
      string gets passed on directly, the array reference gets properly
      joined together.

      * start

      (optional) The start type for the service. If left blank, the default
      value is auto. Available start types are boot system auto demand
      disabled delayed-auto.

      Note: The default value when using sc is demand. The default value in
      this package is auto to maintain compatibility with previous
      versions.

      * user

      (optional) The user account under which to run the service. If left
      blank, the default value is LocalSystem.

      * password

      (optional) The password credential for user. Required for any other
      user than LocalSystem. If a blank password is desired, use an empty
      string.

      * idempotent

      (defaults to the value of "idempotent_default") Set this to get
      errors if the service already exists. Note that unlike the other
      methods this one is not %100 idempotent. If a service has the exact
      same name but a different command it this will mask that problem. I
      am willing to resolve this if you have patches on how to read this
      information (preferably without diving into the registry.)

    Note: there are many options that sc can use to create and modify
    services. I have taken the few that we use in my project and forced the
    rest upon you, gentle user. For example, whether you like it or not
    these services will restart on failure. I am completely willing to add
    more options, but in 4 distinct projects we have never needed more than
    the above. Patches Welcome!

 start_service

     $sc->start_service('GRWeb1', { non_blocking => 1 });

    Starts a service with the passed name. The second argument is an
    optional hashref with the following options:

      * non_blocking

      (defaults to the value of "non_blocking_default") Set this to false
      if you want to block until the service starts.

      * idempotent

      (defaults to the value of "idempotent_default") Set this to false if
      you want errors when the service is already started or starting.

 stop_service

     $sc->stop_service('GRWeb1', { non_blocking => 1 });

    Stops a service with the passed name. The second argument is an
    optional hashref with the following options:

      * non_blocking

      (defaults to the value of "non_blocking_default") Set this to false
      if you want to block until the service stops.

      * idempotent

      (defaults to the value of "idempotent_default") Set this to false if
      you want errors when the service is already stopped or stopping

 restart_service

     $sc->restart_service('GRWeb1', { non_blocking => 1 });

    Stops and starts a service with the passed name. The second argument is
    an optional hashref with the following options:

      * non_blocking

      (defaults to the value of "non_blocking_default") Set this to false
      if you want to block until the service starts. (Note that the
      blocking until the service has stopped is required.)

      * idempotent

      (defaults to the value of "idempotent_default") Set this to false if
      you want errors when the service is already stopped or stopping

 get_status

     $sc->start_service('GRWeb1')
        unless $sc->get_status('GRWeb1')->{current_state} eq 'running';

    Returns the status info about the specified service. The status info is
    a hash containing the following keys:

    Note that for reasons unknown to me the underlying win32 GetStatus call
    fails when restarting services, so I added a retry counter. If you are
    interested in finding out when and how seriously your services fail the
    count, turn on "warnings".

      * current_state

      Can be any of the following

	* stopped

	* start pending

	* stop pending

	* running

	* continue pending

	* pause pending

	* paused

    Note that there is much more information that could be included in
    get_status, but I've only needed the current_state so far. If you need
    something else I will gladly add more information to the returned hash,
    or better yet, send a patch.

 get_services

     my $services = $sc->get_services;
     say "$_ is installed!" for keys %$services;

    Returns a hashref of services. Keys are the display name, values are
    the real name.

 delete_service

     $sc->delete_service('GRWeb1', { idempotent => 0 });

    Deletes a service

      * autostop

      (defaults to false) Set this to true if you want the service to be
      stopped in addition to being deleted. If you set it to a hash
      reference the options will be passed along to "stop_service". For
      example a sensible thing to do is:

       $sc->delete_service(GRWeb1 => { autostop => { non_blocking => 0 } });

      as that should ensure that the service is truly gone after the code
      runs.

      * idempotent

      (defaults to the value of "idempotent_default") Set this to false if
      you want errors when the service doesn't exist

ATTRIBUTES

 check_command_default

    The default value of check_command for the "create_service" method.
    Default is true.

 use_nssm_default

    The default value of use_nssm for the "create_service" method.

 use_perl_default

    The default value of use_perl for the "create_service" method.

 idempotent_default

    Set this to true (default) to idempotently start, stop, delete, and
    create services.

 non_blocking_default

    Set this to true (default) to asyncronously to start or stop services.
    Sometimes blocking is better as it allows for restarts, for example.

 nssm_path

    Set this to the path to nssm (default is just nssm_64.exe, or
    nssm_32.exe if you set "nssm_bits" to 32).

 nssm_bits

    "nssm" comes in both 32 and 64 bit flavors. This specifies when of the
    bundled nssm binaries to use. (default is 64)

 warnings

    Set this to true to get warnings for non-serious failures. Currently
    the only such warning is in "get_status".

nssm

    nssm <http://nssm.cc> is a handy service wrapper for Windows. Instead
    of adding hooks directly to your program to handly Windows service
    signals, this program runs your program for you and intercepts the
    signals and acts appropriately. It is open source and clocks in at less
    than two megabytes of RAM. The code is at
    git://git.nssm.cc/nssm/nssm.git.

PRO-TIPS

    The best way to use this module is to subclass it for your software. So
    for example we have a subclass that looks something like the following:

     package Lynx::ServiceManager
    
     use Moo;
     extends 'Win32::ServiceManager';
    
     our $DIR = file(__FILE__)->parent->absolute;
     sub create_catalyst_service {
        my ($self, $i) = @_;
    
        $self->create_service(
           name => "LynxWebServer$i",
           display => "Lynx Web Server $i",
           description => 'Handles Web Requests on port 3001',
           command =>
              $dir->file(qw( App script server.pl ))->stringify .
                 " -p 300$i",
        );
    
     }
    
     sub start_catalyst_service { $_[0]->start_service("LynxWebServer$_[1]", $_[2]) }
    
     ...

    The above makes it very easy for use to start, stop, add, and remove
    catalyst services.

CAVEAT LECTOR

    I have used this at work and am confident in it, but it has only been
    used on Windows Server 2008. The tests can do no better than ensure the
    generated strings are as expected, instead of ensuring that a service
    was correctly created or started or whatever.

    Additionally, in my own work when I get an error from sc I just report
    it and move forward. Because of this I have done very little to make
    exceptions useful. I am open to making them objects but again, I do not
    need that myself, so Patches Welcome!