XData as windows service

BIZ TMS XData
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Hi!

I try to write and XData server as a windows service, but after installing it, the service runs and stops immediately.

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I found some info on the web, but I'm stuck on how to properly start the service I have written this

procedure TTitaniaAdminServer.ServiceStart(Sender: TService; var Started: Boolean);
begin
  ServerContainer := TServerContainer.Create(nil);
  ServerContainer.SparkleHttpSysDispatcher.Start;
  Started := true;
end;

On the documentation is written to start a new thread, but I don't know how to do it with XData with a datamodule: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Sydney/en/Vcl.SvcMgr.TService.OnExecute

Is there any extra examples about this topic? If not, could you provide me a basic code to understand the problem?

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Hi Gomezel,

Do you get any exceptions? Have no idea what may be wrong, but you certainly do not need to create any thread.

It should be as simple as create a new Windows Service Application from Delphi template, and on ServiceStart create your XData server DataModule and activate the dispatcher (as it looks you're already doing).

Regards,

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you are probably using httpsys from the source.
One common problem when starting server is that the port/url namespace must be reserved once before.
You can use the Thttpsysserverconfig from an administrator account.

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Also, don't forget that when running as a service, the application runs under a different user, so permissions are different. Also the current directory is different. Make sure you are not doing any operations that might be forbidden for other users, like accessing user-specific folders, things like that.

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I am new to XData and am struggling with getting a service running as as Windows Service. I am currently getting the same message reported above by Gomezel - service runs and stops immediately. I have tried suggestions above with no luck.

I am probably missing something basic. What basic steps do I need to take to get a simple service going? Is there an example app available?

Thanks
Martin