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the_MiCrO

2016-05-19 14:15:49

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Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2016-05-19 14:15:49

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Hi

I thougt I could just add a small HowTo ;)

1) You EAP Controller Software is setup and running ;)
2) Download NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager ( https://nssm.cc/download)
3) Extract nssm.exe to a convinient location (I used 'C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\bin' to keep things together)
4) Open a administrative shell
5) cd to the place you placed nssm.exe
6) Create a new Service using nssm: nssm install "EAP Controller"
7) Edit the Created Service: nssm edit "EAP Controller"
8) Set the following: (Adapt to your installation)

Application:

[INDENT=2]Path: [CODE]C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin\eap.exe[/CODE]
Startup Directory: [CODE]C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin\eap.exe[/CODE]
Arguments:[CODE] -server -Xmx1024m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseCMSCompactAtFullCollection -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Deap.home="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller" -cp "C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller/lib/com.tp-link.eap.start-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller/lib/*;C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller/external-lib/*" com.tp_link.eap.start.EapMain[/CODE]
[/INDENT]

Details:

[INDENT=2]Description: Add one if you want
Startup type: Automatic or Automatic (delayed start)[/INDENT]

Log on:

[INDENT=2]I'm using 'Local System account'
Set 'Allow service to interact with desktop'[/INDENT]

Dependencies:

[INDENT=2]I added none[/INDENT]

Process:

[INDENT=2]Keep the defaults
[/INDENT]

Shutdown:

[INDENT=2]Stick with the defaults[/INDENT]

Exit Actions:

[INDENT=2]I used
Throttling '1500'
'Restart application'
and delay '0'
[/INDENT]

I/O:

[INDENT=2]Output and Error are nice debugging helps - I set them to:
stdout: [CODE]C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\logs\svcstdout.log[/CODE]
stderr: [CODE]C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\logs\svcstdout.log[/CODE]
[/INDENT]

File rotation:

[INDENT=2]Use it to keep your disk clean if you are using I/O[/INDENT]

Environment:
[CODE]set scriptDir="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\bin"
set eapHome="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller"
JAVA_HOME="%eapHome%\jre"
PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%path%[/CODE]

That's it. Working fine for 7 months now ....
Just remeber to stop the service before updating.
I needed to restart server with the last EAP Controller Update cause I forgot to stop the service ;) ...

Enjoy

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johnsnow

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2017-11-02 09:59:18

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Re:Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2017-11-02 09:59:18

I setup a task schedule that launches EAP 2.4.8 on logon, can also be configured at startup instead.

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steveatvarlink

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2017-11-24 01:24:41

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Re:Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2017-11-24 01:24:41

Hi. I had problems with NSSM method after upgrading to EAP2.4.8, but I found the solution. There were some additional environment variables required.

At CMD promt use NSSM edit "your service name" to reconfigure the service.

In the 'argumens' field -

-server -Xmx1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Deap.home="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller" -cp "C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\com.tp-link.eap.start-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\*;C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller/external-lib/*" com.tp_link.eap.start.EapMain

On the Enviroment tab add the following lines.

set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
set EAP_HOME=%SCRIPT_DIR%..
JAVA_HOME="%eap_Home%\jre"
set JAVA_TOOL=%EAP_HOME%\jre\bin\eap.exe
set DB_FOLDER=%EAP_HOME%\data\db
set MAP_FOLDER=%EAP_HOME%\data\map
set PORTAL_FOLDER=%EAP_HOME%\data\portal
PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%path%

These came from start.bat in the application\bin folder.

Good luck.

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steveatvarlink

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2017-11-28 19:44:10

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Re:Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2017-11-28 19:44:10

Check my latest post.

Steve

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the_MiCrO

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Update for EAP 2.5.x

2018-01-02 17:17:50

Here just a small update .... all working like in 1st post just some settings to change for 2.5.x to work
As of 2.5.4:
Application:

Path:

[INDENT=2][CODE]C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin\java.exe[/CODE][/INDENT]

Arguments:

[INDENT=2][CODE]-server -Xms128m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=60 -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=30 -XX:+UseSerialGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Deap.home="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller" -cp "C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\com.tp-link.eap.start-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\*" com.tp_link.eap.start.EapMain start[/CODE][/INDENT]
Environment:

Environment Variables:

[INDENT=2][CODE]set scriptDir="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\bin"
set eapHome="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller"
JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre"
PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin";%path%
DB_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\db"
MAP_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\map"
PORTAL_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\portal"[/CODE][/INDENT]

Ciao
ht_MiCrO

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runtu

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2018-01-10 10:47:49

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Re:Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2018-01-10 10:47:49

In EAP Controller_2.5.4, the "eap.exe" file was changed to "java.exe", confirmed that change the path and startup directory from "eap.exe" to "java.exe" can fix.

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DataLab

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2018-09-12 08:22:24

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Re:Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2018-09-12 08:22:24

Hello everyone

Its not working anymore in latest version of controller (3.0.2)

TP-LINK must do something about this because we use this for portal authentication and everytime there is a power failure or anything else the whole system goes down.

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DataLab

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Re:Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2018-09-12 10:02:13

Ok. I made it to work in 3.0.2

here are the settings I used in nssm

PATH

C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin\java.exe

STARTUP

C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin

Arguments

-server -Xms128m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=60 -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=30 -XX:+UseSerialGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Deap.home="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller" -cp "C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\com.tp-link.eap.start-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\*" com.tp_link.eap.start.EapMain start

Enviroment

set scriptDir="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\bin"
set eapHome="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller"
JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre"
PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin";%path%
DB_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\db"
MAP_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\map"
PORTAL_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\portal"

**** Do not check the override button****

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2018-09-13 16:51:15

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Re:Re:Ho to use your EAP Controller as a Windows Service

2018-09-13 16:51:15

DataLab wrote

Ok. I made it to work in 3.0.2

here are the settings I used in nssm

PATH

C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin\java.exe

STARTUP

C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin

Arguments

-server -Xms128m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=60 -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=30 -XX:+UseSerialGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Deap.home="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller" -cp "C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\com.tp-link.eap.start-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\lib\*" com.tp_link.eap.start.EapMain start

Enviroment

set scriptDir="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\bin"
set eapHome="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller"
JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre"
PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\jre\bin";%path%
DB_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\db"
MAP_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\map"
PORTAL_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\TP-LINK\EAP Controller\data\portal"

**** Do not check the override button****

You are wonderful Now I have solved a big problem :)

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