Gerrit Service for Windows

This is a daemon for running Gerrit Code Review as a Windows Service.

Building

• Start with a command prompt set up with the Platform SDK build environment. We've only tested with Platform SDK version 6.1. The build may be configured to target XP or later.

• Compile gerrit_service:

  cl /EHsc gerrit_service.cpp

Installing

The command-line options are as follows:

Usage: gerrit_service.exe -d GERRIT_SITE [options...]
   -j <JAVA_HOME>   : Set JAVA_HOME
   -d <GERRIT_SITE> : Set GERRIT_SITE
   -g <path>        : Set the path to gerrit.war.
                      Defaults to $GERRIT_SITE\bin\gerrit.war
   -i               : Installs the service.  Cannot be used with -u.
   -u               : Uninstall the service.  Cannot be used with -i.

The following options are used with -i :
   -S <display name>: Set the display name of the service.
                      Defaults to "Gerrit Code Review Service".  The name
                      must be quoted.  Can only be used with -i.
   -a <account>     : Set the account name under which the service will run.
                      Defaults to "NT AUTHORITY\LocalSystem".
   -p <password>    : The password for the account.
                      Defaults to the empty string.

When initializing the Gerrit working directory, it is recommended that the gerrit_service.exe be copied to $GERRIT_SITE\bin. The process of installation assumes that the path to gerrit_service.exe is the location of the launched executable. Therefore the installation should be conducted from the $GERRIT_SITE\bin directory.

For example, assuming that the Gerrit working directory is C:\gerrit, and gerrit_service.exe is copied to C:\gerrit\bin, the following command will install and start the Gerrit service:

gerrit_service.exe -j "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6" -d C:\gerrit -i

If the Gerrit service should run under a different user account, you can use the -a and -p options to specify the service user account.

gerrit_service.exe -j "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6" -d C:\gerrit \
    -i -a gerrituser -p top-sekkrit

Running

The -i option installs and starts the service. Once installed, the service is configured to start automatically when the computer starts and run under either the Local System account (by default) or another configured account. You may change these settings using the Services configuration applet.

Since it is configured as a standard Windows service, you can stop and start the daemon using net stop, net start commands or the Services configuration applet.

Uninstalling

Use:

gerrit_service.exe -u

to uninstall the service.