JBoss EAP 5.0 Multiple Instance as a Windows Services

[pramod_bs]

I am trying to install jboss-as  multiple instance as windows service. I am using jboss-native to install these multiple instances as multiple windows services. For first instance I used service.bat and installed as a service. It was successful. Then i copied service.bat into service2.bat. Made the following changes:

:cmdStart
REM Executed on service start
del .r2.lock 2>&1 | findstr /C:"being used" > nul
if not errorlevel 1 (
  echo Could not continue. Locking file already in use.
  goto cmdEnd
)
echo Y > .r2.lock
jbosssvc.exe -p 1 "Starting %SVCDISP%" > run2.log
call "%SVCPATH%\run.bat" -c ports-01 -Djboss.service.binding.set="ports-01" < .r2.lock >> run2.log 2>&1
jbosssvc.exe -p 1 "Shutdown %SVCDISP% service" >> run2.log
del .r2.lock

goto cmdEnd

I changed name of .log and .lock files.

The service got installed. But when I try to start the service I got an error -->  "Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example the Performance Log"

When i try to run " service2.bat start" the jboss server starts OK. Any idea why I am not able to start the second windows service. Somewhere I read you can't rename "service.bat". Is that true?

Help please...

[pramod_bs]

I got some good documentation @ http://www.manning.com/jamae/.

Thanks Peter for such a good doc in that book. Jamae too.

[peterj]

Yes, you can copy and rename service.bat, you just have to remember to change this line (in the copied bat file) that installs the service to reference the copied bat file:

{code}:cmdInstall
jbosssvc.exe -imwdc %SVCNAME% "%DIRNAME%" "%SVCDISP%" "%SVCDESC%" service2.bat{code}

[pramod_bs]

My shutdown hook is having an issue

I get this error.

Exception in thread "main" javax.naming.CommunicationException: Could not obtain connection to any of these urls: localhost:8180

This is what I have in service2.bat

call "%SVCPATH%\shutdown.bat" -s localhost:8180 -S < .s2.lock >> shutdown2.log 2>&1

In my start section I have:

call "%SVCPATH%\run.bat" -c server2 -Djboss.service.binding.set=ports-01 -b 0.0.0.0 < .r2.lock >> run2.log 2>&1

Am I passing the correct -s parameter. I tried machine name, 127.0.0.1 etc. It didn't work.