Go Windows Service wrapper that plays nice with Linux. Windows tests here.
- Used in Production.
- Maintained. Issues and Pull Requests will be responded to.
go get -u github.com/judwhite/go-svc/svc
package main
import (
"log"
"sync"
"github.com/judwhite/go-svc/svc"
)
// program implements svc.Service
type program struct {
wg sync.WaitGroup
quit chan struct{}
}
func main() {
prg := &program{}
// Call svc.Run to start your program/service.
if err := svc.Run(prg); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
func (p *program) Init(env svc.Environment) error {
log.Printf("is win service? %v\n", env.IsWindowsService())
return nil
}
func (p *program) Start() error {
// The Start method must not block, or Windows may assume your service failed
// to start. Launch a Goroutine here to do something interesting/blocking.
p.quit = make(chan struct{})
p.wg.Add(1)
go func() {
log.Println("Starting...")
<-p.quit
log.Println("Quit signal received...")
p.wg.Done()
}()
return nil
}
func (p *program) Stop() error {
// The Stop method is invoked by stopping the Windows service, or by pressing Ctrl+C on the console.
// This method may block, but it's a good idea to finish quickly or your process may be killed by
// Windows during a shutdown/reboot. As a general rule you shouldn't rely on graceful shutdown.
log.Println("Stopping...")
close(p.quit)
p.wg.Wait()
log.Println("Stopped.")
return nil
}See the example directory for more examples, including installing and uninstalling binaries built in Go as Windows services.
go-svc is under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.