Run PMS as a service

[KwaXi]

I've described an easy way setting up a windows service for PMS. This way you can configure jvm and other options.

http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13102

[Occ]

Had to register just to thank the OP. Tried to install as service, didn't work. The service was there and started, but my 360 wasn't seeing it. Uninstalled the service, followed the steps here, works like a charm now.

[Mickski]

For unknown reason, starting PMS as a service no more works whereas it was working before... but before what, I don't know !

I'm running it under Windows 7 pro.

The wrapper.log contents the following :

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DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:06 | Allocating a console for the service.
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Found console window.
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Wrapper console window hidden successfully.
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | --> Wrapper Started as Service
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Java Service Wrapper Community Edition 32-bit 3.5.9
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |   Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Tanuki Software, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | The file "C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\win32\service\wrapper.exe" is signed and the signature was verified.
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |   Signer Certificate:
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Serial Number:
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |       00 97 06 fe b5 6e 56 cc cb 66 3a bb 55 a7 a0 e4 76
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Issuer Name: UTN-USERFirst-Object
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Subject Name: Tanuki Software Ltd.
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |   TimeStamp Certificate:
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Serial Number:
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |       47 8a 8e fb 59 e1 d8 3f 0c e1 42 d2 a2 87 07 be
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Issuer Name: UTN-USERFirst-Object
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Subject Name: COMODO Time Stamping Signer
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Date of TimeStamp : 2011/05/09 09:37
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Release time: 2011/05/09 00:00:00
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Build time:   2011/05/09 18:36:00
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Timezone:     Paris, Madrid (Paris, Madrid (heure dÆÚtÚ)) Offset: -3600, hasDaylight: 1
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Using tick timer.
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Current User: Système  Domain: AUTORITE NT
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Operating System ID: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Use tick timer mutex=FALSE
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | active log file changed: win32\service\wrapper.log
DEBUG  | wrapperp | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | server listening on port 32000.
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Ping settings: wrapper.ping.interval=5, wrapper.ping.interval.logged=1, wrapper.ping.timeout=30
STATUS | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Launching a JVM...
DEBUG  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Command: "java" -Djava.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dstart.service=true -Xmx1536m -Djava.library.path="win32/service/" -classpath "win32/service/wrapper.jar;pms.jar" -Dwrapper.key="-_AjMBHB4kVff6yO" -Dwrapper.port=32000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.min=31000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.max=31999 -Dwrapper.debug="TRUE" -Dwrapper.pid=2112 -Dwrapper.version="3.5.9" -Dwrapper.native_library="wrapper" -Dwrapper.service="TRUE" -Dwrapper.cpu.timeout="10" -Dwrapper.jvmid=1 org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp net.pms.PMS
FATAL  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     Unable to execute Java command.  Le fichier spécifié est introuvable. (0x2)
FATAL  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |     "java" -Djava.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dstart.service=true -Xmx1536m -Djava.library.path="win32/service/" -classpath "win32/service/wrapper.jar;pms.jar" -Dwrapper.key="-_AjMBHB4kVff6yO" -Dwrapper.port=32000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.min=31000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.max=31999 -Dwrapper.debug="TRUE" -Dwrapper.pid=2112 -Dwrapper.version="3.5.9" -Dwrapper.native_library="wrapper" -Dwrapper.service="TRUE" -Dwrapper.cpu.timeout="10" -Dwrapper.jvmid=1 org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp net.pms.PMS
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | --------------------------------------------------------------------
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Advice:
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Usually when the Wrapper fails to start the JVM process, it is
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | because of a problem with the value of the configured Java command.
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Currently:
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | wrapper.java.command=java
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Please make sure that the PATH or any other referenced environment
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | variables are correctly defined for the current environment.
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | --------------------------------------------------------------------
ADVICE | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 |
FATAL  | wrapper  | 2012/11/08 03:13:07 | Critical error: wait for JVM process failed

From "MS-DOS" console, running "java -version" works fine :

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C:\Users\Mickski>java -version
java version "1.7.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

Copying the java command from the wrapper.log above into the MS-DOS console,

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C:\Users\Mickski>java -Djava.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dstart.service=true -Xmx1536m -Djava.librar
y.path="win32/service/" -classpath "win32/service/wrapper.jar;pms.jar" -Dwrapper.key="-_AjMBHB4kVff6yO" -Dwrapper.port=3
2000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.min=31000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.max=31999 -Dwrapper.debug="TRUE" -Dwrapper.pid=2112 -Dwrapper.versi
on="3.5.9" -Dwrapper.native_library="wrapper" -Dwrapper.service="TRUE" -Dwrapper.cpu.timeout="10" -Dwrapper.jvmid=1 org.
tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp net.pms.PMS

I get the following message :

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Erreur : impossible de trouver ou charger la classe principale org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp
(Error : unable to find or load the main class org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp)

Furthermore, when I try to start the PMS Service from Service Control Panel, the following popup appears :


Note that the PMS runs and works fine if manually launched from the Desktop. It is only the service startup that fails.

More details of my system from debug.log :

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INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.783 [main] Starting PS3 Media Server 1.71.0
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.833 [main] by shagrath / 2008-2012
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.843 [main] http://ps3mediaserver.org
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.853 [main] https://github.com/ps3mediaserver/ps3mediaserver
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.853 [main]
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.853 [main] Build: d4d1de9d0 (2012-11-06)
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.863 [main] Java: 1.7.0-Oracle Corporation
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.873 [main] OS: Windows 7 amd64 6.1
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.873 [main] Encoding: Cp1252
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.873 [main] Memory: 1763 MB
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.873 [main]
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.873 [main] Working directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.903 [main] Temp directory: C:\Users\Mickski\AppData\Local\Temp\ps3mediaserver
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.913 [main] Logging config file: C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\logback.xml
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.913 [main] debug.log: C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\debug.log
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.913 [main]
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.913 [main] Profile directory: C:\ProgramData\PMS
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.913 [main] Profile path: C:\ProgramData\PMS\PMS.conf
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.913 [main] Profile permissions: rw
INFO  2012-11-08 03:10:11.913 [main] Profile name: EscoubarotW7

Of course, I've already tried to uninstall / install both PMS and JRE without any result.
Any idea is welcome to help me solve this issue !

[meskibob]

Given that "java -version" works, it sounds like a firewall is blocking wrapper.exe. What happens when you start the service after disabling all firewalls?

[KwaXi]

Given the following output:

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From "MS-DOS" console, running "java -version" works fine :

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C:\Users\Mickski>java -version
java version "1.7.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

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I think that it's possible that the TanukiSoft Java Service Wrapper tries to use a 64-bit JVM. Unfortunately this wrapper isn't 64-bit aware in it's free edition. Can you try using a 32-bit bit JVM my previously posted approach using an other Java Service Wrapper?

[meskibob]

I didn't even think about the java version of the wrapper. Thank you for the more in depth and probably correct response.

[Mickski]

Given that "java -version" works, it sounds like a firewall is blocking wrapper.exe. What happens when you start the service after disabling all firewalls?

I assume that no firewall is running as I fully deactivated the one built-in in Windows and I never installed a third-party firewall.
I will have a check anyway, thanks.

Given the following output:

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From "MS-DOS" console, running "java -version" works fine :

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C:\Users\Mickski>java -version
java version "1.7.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

[...]

I think that it's possible that the TanukiSoft Java Service Wrapper tries to use a 64-bit JVM. Unfortunately this wrapper isn't 64-bit aware in it's free edition. Can you try using a 32-bit bit JVM my previously posted approach using an other Java Service Wrapper?

I already tried to run the command by adding the parameter -d32 through the wrapper.conf without any result.

Anyway, I will try to replace my current JVM by a 32-bit version to test.

Thanx for suggestions.

[KwaXi]

I already tried to run the command by adding the parameter -d32 through the wrapper.conf without any result.

Anyway, I will try to replace my current JVM by a 32-bit version to test.

Thanx for suggestions.

I tried JVM parameter -d32 but it still runs the 64-bit binary. From my perspective the save way is to either explicitly specify the used installation folder or jvm.dll. This behavior is described at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/hotspotfaq-138619.html#64bit_selection

[Mickski]

I already tried to run the command by adding the parameter -d32 through the wrapper.conf without any result.

Anyway, I will try to replace my current JVM by a 32-bit version to test.

Thanx for suggestions.

I tried JVM parameter -d32 but it still runs the 64-bit binary. From my perspective the save way is to either explicitly specify the used installation folder or jvm.dll. This behavior is described at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/hotspotfaq-138619.html#64bit_selection

Sounds interesting but I also already tried to set my aboslute path into wrapper.conf by replacing

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wrapper.working.dir=../../

by

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wrapper.working.dir=C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server

and nothing changes.

Well, I will continue looking this direction for any solution.

[KwaXi]

I meant the path to the Java Runtime in use, not to the PMS installation.