Maven Windows Service Installer Plugin

Maven plugin to build installers with Windows service support.

License	Apache License 2.0
Categories	Maven Build Tools
GroupId	com.alexkasko.installer
ArtifactId	maven-windows-service-installer-plugin
Last Version	1.0.6
Release Date	Sep 18, 2014
Type	maven-plugin
Description	Maven Windows Service Installer Plugin Maven plugin to build installers with Windows service support.
Project URL	https://github.com/alexkasko/windows-service-installer
Source Code Management	https://github.com/alexkasko/windows-service-installer

Download maven-windows-service-installer-plugin

Filename	Size
maven-windows-service-installer-plugin-1.0.6.pom
maven-windows-service-installer-plugin-1.0.6.jar	22 KB
maven-windows-service-installer-plugin-1.0.6-sources.jar	6 KB
maven-windows-service-installer-plugin-1.0.6-javadoc.jar	45 KB

How to add to project

Apache Maven

<plugin>
    <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-windows-service-installer-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
</plugin>

Dependencies

compile (10)

Group / Artifact	Type	Version
org.apache.maven : maven-plugin-api	jar	2.2.1
org.apache.maven : maven-project	jar	2.2.1
org.codehaus.izpack : izpack-standalone-compiler	jar	4.3.5
ru.concerteza.util : ctz-utils	jar	2.10
commons-io : commons-io	jar	2.1
commons-lang : commons-lang	jar	2.4
org.springframework : spring-core	jar	3.0.3.RELEASE
com.google.guava : guava	jar	10.0
org.freemarker : freemarker	jar	2.3.18
org.apache.commons : commons-compress	jar	1.3

Project Modules

There are no modules declared in this project.

Maven plugin to build installers with Windows service support

This plugin allows to build installers with support to be installed and run as Windows service. Installer is based on izPack, PrunSrv is used for Windows service management.

Maven-generated site.

Plugin usage

Add common library as a dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
    <artifactId>windows-service-installer-common</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
</dependency>

Implement com.alexkasko.installer.DaemonLauncher in application launcher class:

public class Launcher implements DaemonLauncher {
    public void startDaemon() {
        // start application background thread
    }
    public void stopDaemon() {
        // stop (interrupt) application background thread
    }
}

Add plugin to build part of pom file:

<plugin>
    <!-- to be run with "mvn windows-service-installer:installer" -->
    <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-windows-service-installer-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
            <artifactId>windows-service-installer-common</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.6</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <configuration>
        ...
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Run mvn windows-service-installer:installer to build installer.

License information

This project is released under the Apache License 2.0

Changelog

1.0.6 (2014-09-17)

• support for custom packs
• icons customizations
• extended support for eng locale

1.0.5 (2014-08-02)

• use absolute paths for app dirs
• allow to use x86 launchers for x86_64 installers

1.0.3 (2014-01-25)

• allow to not start service immediately after installation

1.0.2 (2013-12-17)

• initial public version

Versions

Version
1.0.6 Sep 18, 2014
1.0.5 Aug 2, 2014
1.0.3 Jan 25, 2014
1.0.2 Dec 17, 2013