I have written a Windows service in python. If I run my script from the command prompt
python runService.py
When I do this the service installs and starts correctly. I have been trying to create an executable using pyinstaller because i've seen the same issue with py2exe. When I run the .exe the service installs but does not start and I get the following error
error 1053 the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
I have seen that many people have had this issue but I can't seem to find a definitive answer as to how to fix this.
winservice.py
from os.path import splitext, abspath
from sys import modules, executable
from time import *
import win32serviceutil
import win32service
import win32event
import win32api
class Service(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
_svc_name_ = '_unNamed'
_svc_display_name_ = '_Service Template'
_svc_description_ = '_Description template'
def __init__(self, *args):
win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, *args)
self.log('init')
self.stop_event = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)
#logs into the system event log
def log(self, msg):
import servicemanager
servicemanager.LogInfoMsg(str(msg))
def sleep(self, minute):
win32api.Sleep((minute*1000), True)
def SvcDoRun(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_START_PENDING)
try:
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_RUNNING)
self.log('start')
self.start()
self.log('wait')
win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.stop_event, win32event.INFINITE)
self.log('done')
except Exception, x:
self.log('Exception : %s' % x)
self.SvcStop()
def SvcStop(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
#self.log('stopping')
self.stop()
#self.log('stopped')
win32event.SetEvent(self.stop_event)
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOPPED)
# to be overridden
def start(self): pass
# to be overridden
def stop(self): pass
def instart(cls, name, description, display_name=None, stay_alive=True):
''' Install and Start (auto) a Service
cls : the class (derived from Service) that implement the Service
name : Service name
display_name : the name displayed in the service manager
decription: the description
stay_alive : Service will stop on logout if False
'''
cls._svc_name_ = name
cls._svc_display_name_ = display_name or name
cls._svc_desciption_ = description
try:
module_path=modules[cls.__module__].__file__
except AttributeError:
module_path=executable
module_file = splitext(abspath(module_path))[0]
cls._svc_reg_class_ = '%s.%s' % (module_file, cls.__name__)
if stay_alive: win32api.SetConsoleCtrlHandler(lambda x: True, True)
try:
win32serviceutil.InstallService(
cls._svc_reg_class_,
cls._svc_name_,
cls._svc_display_name_,
startType = win32service.SERVICE_AUTO_START,
description = cls._svc_desciption_
)
print 'Install ok'
win32serviceutil.StartService(
cls._svc_name_
)
print 'Start ok'
except Exception, x:
print str(x)
UPDATE
I resolved this issue by using py2exe but the same changes may work for pyinstaller too. I haven't had time to check this out myself.
I had to remove the instart function. Below is how my winservice.py reads now.
winservice_py2exe.py
from os.path import splitext, abspath
from sys import modules, executable
from time import *
import win32serviceutil
import win32service
import win32event
import win32api
class Service(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
_svc_name_ = 'actualServiceName' #here is now the name you would input as an arg for instart
_svc_display_name_ = 'actualDisplayName' #arg for instart
_svc_description_ = 'actualDescription'# arg from instart
def __init__(self, *args):
win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, *args)
self.log('init')
self.stop_event = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)
#logs into the system event log
def log(self, msg):
import servicemanager
servicemanager.LogInfoMsg(str(msg))
def sleep(self, minute):
win32api.Sleep((minute*1000), True)
def SvcDoRun(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_START_PENDING)
try:
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_RUNNING)
self.log('start')
self.start()
self.log('wait')
win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.stop_event, win32event.INFINITE)
self.log('done')
except Exception, x:
self.log('Exception : %s' % x)
self.SvcStop()
def SvcStop(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
#self.log('stopping')
self.stop()
#self.log('stopped')
win32event.SetEvent(self.stop_event)
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOPPED)
# to be overridden
def start(self): pass
# to be overridden
def stop(self): pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Note that this code will not be run in the 'frozen' exe-file!!!
win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(VidiagService) #added from example included with py2exe
Below is the setup.py file i used with py2exe. This was taken from the example included with the py2exe installation:
setup.py
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
import sys
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
sys.argv.append("py2exe")
sys.argv.append("-q")
class Target:
def __init__(self, **kw):
self.__dict__.update(kw)
# for the versioninfo resources
self.version = "0.5.0"
self.company_name = "No Company"
self.copyright = "no copyright"
self.name = "py2exe sample files"
myservice = Target(
# used for the versioninfo resource
description = "A sample Windows NT service",
# what to build. For a service, the module name (not the
# filename) must be specified!
modules = ["winservice_py2exe"]
)
setup(
options = {"py2exe": {"typelibs":
# typelib for WMI
[('{565783C6-CB41-11D1-8B02-00600806D9B6}', 0, 1, 2)],
# create a compressed zip archive
"compressed": 1,
"optimize": 2}},
# The lib directory contains everything except the executables and the python dll.
# Can include a subdirectory name.
zipfile = "lib/shared.zip",
service = [myservice]
)
once you create the exe you can install the service from command using the following command
winservice_py2exe.exe -install
then to start the service you can use:
net start aTest
or from windows service manager. All other windows command line functionality now works on the service as well as from windows service manager.