I've checked at least a couple of dozen of similar cases to mine and still haven't come up with a solution, I hope someone can shed some light, there's gotta be something I'm missing here.
I'm using Python3.6 to make a Windows service, the service has to run a .exe file if it's not running. Here's the .py:
import win32service
import win32serviceutil
import win32api
import win32con
import win32event
import win32evtlogutil
import psutil
import subprocess
import os, sys, string, time
import servicemanager
class SLAAgent (win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
_svc_name_ = "SLAAgent"
_svc_display_name_ = "SLAAgent"
def __init__(self, args):
win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)
socket.setdefaulttimeout(60)
self.isAlive = True
def SvcStop(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)
self.isAlive = False
def SvcDoRun(self):
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_START_PENDING)
self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_RUNNING)
servicemanager.LogMsg(servicemanager.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,servicemanager.PYS_SERVICE_STARTED,(self._svc_name_, ''))
self._logger.info("Service Is Starting")
main(self)
def main(self):
while self.isAlive:
rc = win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, self.timeout)
# Check to see if self.hWaitStop happened
if rc == win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0:
servicemanager.LogInfoMsg("SLAAService has stopped") #For Event Log
break
else:
try:
s = subprocess.check_output('tasklist', shell=True)
if "SLA_Client.exe" in s:
pass
else:
pass
#execfile("SLA_Client.exe") #Execute the script
except:
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
servicemanager.Initialize()
servicemanager.PrepareToHostSingle(SLAAgent)
servicemanager.StartServiceCtrlDispatcher()
else:
win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(SLAAgent)
I've installed the pywin32 package, added those to the PATH since it was suggested in several solutions, and also copied the .dll from pywin32_system32 to win32
Environment variables
Event Viewer Error
The Event Viewer prints this error every time I run it be it python service.py, or python service.py start, console also prints this:
python SLA_Agent.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "SLA_Agent.py", line 56, in <module>
servicemanager.StartServiceCtrlDispatcher()
pywintypes.error: (1063, 'StartServiceCtrlDispatcher', 'The service process
could not connect to the service controller.')
When trying to start the service from the Services tool this is the error that pop ups. I've seen the other error too, the oneabout the service not responding in time.
I've tried compiling it with pyinstaller and nuitka, the errors are the same. I'm unsure as to how to proceed, I've changed the code to fit examples and solutions I've found using google and SO, and have gained little understanding of the hows and whys.
If anyone has faced these issues before, I'd really appreciate the input, other answers haven't helped me so far.
Late edit: fixed the code indentation