Install Find as a Service on Windows

You can create a Windows service by using WinSW (https://github.com/winsw/winsw/releases). WinSW is a utility that can run any executable as a Windows service. To configure this option, download a copy of WinSW, and rename the winsw.exe executable file to find.exe.

The Find zip package includes a WinSW configuration file, located at install\windows\winsw\find.xml. Ensure that you replace the variables, including the Find service name, port, home directory, and installation directory, with suitable values. You must also ensure that the service wrapper (that you renamed to find.exe) and the find.xml configuration file are placed in the same directory.

Then, to install Find as a service, run the following command:

find.exe install

NOTE: You can also use the following commands with find.exe:

  • uninstall
  • start
  • stop
  • status

For more information, refer to the WinSW documentation.