SrvLib

A plugin library to make your console application a windows system service, or a linux daemon service

Windows

On Windows there are commandline option to install,remove,start and stop the service.

-i   Install the system service
-r   Removes the system service
-s   Starts the system service
-e   Shuts down the system service
-p   System service is paused (pause)
-c   System service will continue (Continue)
-f   Start the application as a console application
-k   Reload configuration
-h   Show this help

Linux - systemd

Rename an copy the example.service file after editing to /etc/systemd/system/
Reload the systemd as root with: systemctl daemon-reload

IN THE NEXT COMMANDS USE THE NAME OF THE RENAMED "example" FILE!

Enable the auto start run this command as root: systemctl enable example.service
To start the service, run as root: systemctl start example.service
To stop the service, run as root: systemctl stop example.service
To reload the what ever, run as root: systemctl reload example.service

Linux - init.d

Copy the file in the init.d directory to /etc/init.d/ and rename it, modify the execution rights, and change the application name and the path for the application in that file.

commanline option are: /etc/init.d/filename start|stop|status|restart|reload|install|remove

Example

#include "Service.h"

int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
    SrvParam svParam;
#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
    svParam.szDspName = L"Example Service";                 // Servicename in Service control manager of windows
    svParam.szDescrip = L"Example Service by your name";    // Description in Service control manager of windows
#endif
    svParam.szSrvName = L"ExampleServ";                     // Service name (service id)
    svParam.fnStartCallBack = []()
    {   // Start you server here
    };
    svParam.fnStopCallBack = []() 
    {   // Stop you server here
    };
    svParam.fnSignalCallBack = []()
    {   // what ever you do with this callback, maybe reload the configuration
    };

    return ServiceMain(argc, argv, svParam);
}