Professional Software for Windows Services / 24×7 OperationHow to Run a Python Script Every Hour, On the HourPython is fast becoming the world’s most popular coding language. It’s no surprise that more and more administrators are turning to the simple, efficient, and ubiquitous platform for a variety of day-to-day tasks. One question that frequently comes up on … Continue reading Q&A: How Do I See the Output/Traceback From my Python Windows Service?We’re using AlwaysUp to run a Python program as a service. Do you have any recommendations about logging? Ideally I would see the output of the python program as if it were run in command line, to see the traceback … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, capture-output, console-program, python-script, q&a, wintail Leave a comment Q&A: How do I Rename my Application/Service in AlwaysUp?I’m a long-time user of AlwaysUp. Can I rename a service? — Bonnie Hi Bonnie. Unfortunately you can’t rename an application in AlwaysUp. This is because the underlying Windows Services API (which AlwaysUp employs to work its magic) simply does … Continue reading Q&A: Why Doesn’t AlwaysUp Catch my Endless Loop?Following your AlwaysUp documentation, I am using the “Monitor the application and stop it whenever it hangs” option. When I set its value to 1 minute, this feature does not work as I expect. I wrote a simple application that … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, hang-detection, infinite-loops, q&a, sanity-check Comments Off on Q&A: Why Doesn’t AlwaysUp Catch my Endless Loop? Q&A: How do I allow Non-Admins to Start/Stop/Restart my AlwaysUp Windows Services?I’m wanting to know what permissions a user is required to have in order to stop and start AlwaysUp services. Is there a way to grant access to specific users as I don’t want to have to give them full … Continue reading Posted in AlwaysUp Tagged alwaysup, q&a, security, service-security-editor, subinacl, windows-services Leave a comment |