Running Stash as a Service

Question

Hello,

I'm quite new to stash so this may sound like a stupid question. :-)

I have recently installed Stash 2.12.3 and have run through the processs to install this as a Windows service. However, whenever i restart the server the service stops and Stash fails to start, so i have to go through the process of running the stop_stash then the start_stash batch files. Then stash opens fine and the windows service then stops (its set to automatic)

I am running the windows service as an admin with the relevanr rights. I have also instsalled the service without any issue and changed the relevant dll's to the 64 bit version. I don't belive its a Java issue as the applicatoon starts when the batch file is run and the env variable is set.

Any ideas/advice wouyld be appreciated

Many Thanks

Chris

Chris Langridge · Answer

Hi Celso,

Thanks for the feeback but i have now fixed this through the advice received from John.

Thanks

Chris Langridge · Answer

Hi John,

This has worked!! I am connecting to aa MYSQL DB and pretty sure the Atlassian documenetation states that the driver needs to be in the home directory and not the instaqll location.

Anyway thanks for the help and advice.

Kind Regards

John Reynolds_bd66r2 · Answer

Hi Chris,

I had to install the Java JDK (which installs the JRE), and I did so on the C:\Java folder level so there were no space in path issues.

I also set the Stash service to delay start (usually 2 minutes) to allow all services such as MySQL to complete startup.

I found that I had to have system level environment variables for both JAVA_HOME and JAVA_JRE set as listed below in my install notes below.

I also found that the MySQL connector needs to be in a different folder when Stash is started as a service:

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/140373/stash-as-service-fails-to-find-mysql-driver

Install Java, 64 bit JDK (not JRE) (but with private JRE which comes with the JDK) at

C:\Java\jdk

and

C:\Java\jre

do NOT install with paths which have spaces!

Set up system level environment variables

JAVA_HOME = C:\Java\jdk

JAVA_JRE = C:\Java\jre

Perhaps this might help. I did follow all their recommended steps for creating the user, etc. as it shows in the documentation. Be particularly certain that the user has appropriate rights.