Windows Service From Powershell Script
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https://github.com/jeremybusk/windowsWatcherServiceViaPowershell/blob/main/README.md
Create Event Log Application and test event
New-EventLog –LogName Application –Source "watchAuth0LDAPConn" Write-EventLog –LogName Application –Source "watchAuth0LDAPConn" –EntryType Information –EventID 1 –Message "This is a test message."
Create Script
C:\app\watchAuth0LDAPConn.ps1
$url = "http://127.0.0.1:49948"
$sleep = 3
$msg = "Starting $url connection watcher."
Write-Output $msg
Write-EventLog -LogName "Application" -Source "watchAuth0LDAPConn" -EventID 1 -EntryType Information -Message $msg
while($true){
try { ($rspStatusCode = Invoke-WebRequest http://localhost:49948).StatusCode
} catch {
$rspStatusCode = $_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.Value__
# $_.Exception.Message
}
if (!(200, 401 -eq $rspStatusCode)){
write-output "True"
$msg = "URL $url is unresponsive or not resonding with valid rsp code. Restarting Auth0LDAP service."
Write-Output $msg
Write-EventLog -LogName "Application" -Source "watchAuth0LDAPConn" -EventID 2 -EntryType Warning -Message $msg
restart-service "Auth0 ADLDAP"
}
Start-Sleep -s $sleep
}
Create Service
Download and use nssm.exe to create service - https://nssm.cc/download
$Binary = (Get-Command Powershell).Source $Arguments = '-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -File "C:\app\watchAuth0LDAPConn.ps1"' .\nssm.exe install watchAuth0LDAPConn $Binary $Arguments
Start Service
start-service watchAuth0LDAPConn get-service watchAuth0LDAPConn
Remove Service
nssm.exe remove watchAuth0LDAPConn confirm
you may be able to use sc.exe but I had issues with New-Service command limits because it was ps1 and not exe