How to Install nginx as a Service on Windows

[Johan Carstensen]

Create service folder:

C:\Program Files\nginx-1.3.5\service

install.bat:
sc create nginxSvc binPath= "C:\Program Files\nginx-1.3.5\service\srvany.exe" start= auto DisplayName= "nginx Service"
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nginxSvc\Parameters" /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files\nginx-1.3.5\service\service.bat" /f
sc start nginxSvc

service.bat:
:LOOP
echo Starting nginx Service
C:
cd "\Program Files\nginx-1.3.5\"
"C:\Program Files\nginx-1.3.5\nginx.exe"
SLEEP 1
GOTO LOOP

uninstall.bat:
echo Stopping nginx Service
C:
cd "\Program Files\nginx-1.3.5\"
"C:\Program Files\nginx-1.3.5\nginx.exe" -s stop
sc stop nginxSvc
sc delete nginxSvc

Download srvany.exe and put it in the folder.

Br Johan Carstensen

[Maxim Dounin]

There is more than one way to create user-defined services on windows, including this one, documented by Microsoft ​here. Though in any case this doesn't belong to nginx-core, and we certainly don't want to distribute srvany.exe (and I actually think we can't from legal point of view). Though probably deserve link somewhere in the documentation.

You may also want to provide some details/example scripts somewhere near ​http://wiki.nginx.org/InitScripts, much like it's already done for may other OSes. Please don't include srvany.exe though, provide a link to official download page instead.

[Pablo Somodi]

Hi!
I've created a nginx installer for windows using an open source alternative to srvany.
If you want to take a look: ​https://github.com/InvGate/winginx