Cannot start a Go application exe as a windows services

Question

I have a application with Go language as the backend. I can create a service using the sc and nssm as below : sc create TestService binpath=C:\User\sds\Desktop\test.exe nssm install TestService C:\User\sds\Desktop\test.exe

The services are created successfully but it doesn not get started. It gives startup timeout error while starting the service.

I need to start the application from windows services.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Go has a library for creating services in windows. Please check this library github.com/kardianos/service.

package main

import (
    "log"

    "github.com/kardianos/service"
)

var logger service.Logger

type program struct{}

func (p *program) Start(s service.Service) error {
    // Start should not block. Do the actual work async.
    go p.run()
    return nil
}
func (p *program) run() {
    // Do work here
}
func (p *program) Stop(s service.Service) error {
    // Stop should not block. Return with a few seconds.
    return nil
}

func main() {
    svcConfig := &service.Config{
        Name:        "GoServiceExampleSimple",
        DisplayName: "Go Service Example",
        Description: "This is an example Go service.",
    }

    prg := &program{}
    s, err := service.New(prg, svcConfig)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    logger, err = s.Logger(nil)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    err = s.Run()
    if err != nil {
        logger.Error(err)
    }
}