Run as Windows service is failing

[oblivian]

Describe the bug
Failing when running as a Windows Service
Runs fine when ran from CLI.

To Reproduce

sc create nvidia_gpu_exporter binpath= "C:\Program Files\SysAdm\nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe"
sc start nvidia_gpu_exporter

Produces:

[SC] StartService FAILED 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Expected behavior
I was expecting it to work like most other "exporters" like windows_exporter where one simply use the above procedure.
I see nssm.exe is recommended, but it is long since abandon-ware and too many anti-viruses flag it as malicious to be trusted anymore.

Console output

[SC] StartService FAILED 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Model and Version

• GPU Model: GeForce RTX 2080
• App version and architecture: v1.2.0 - Win_x86_64
• Installation method: binary download
• Operating System: Windows 10
• Nvidia GPU driver version: Windows Game Ready Driver 551.23

[lZzozZl]

I have same problem too.
I would like to use SC to install and run the service

[endresjo]

I first tried the same for not having to use the NSSM. The Problem with SC is that the nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe is not a "true" Windows service application (it does not implement the Windows Services API.

Now I'm using a scheduled task to start the exporter after Windows startup with:

## ensure C:\it\nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe exists
$Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup
$Action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "C:\it\nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe"
$Principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -GroupId "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService"
Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "nvidia_gpu_exporter" -Trigger $Trigger -Action $Action -Principal $Principal

[alexwbaule]

Hi everyone...

@utkuozdemir @endresjo @lZzozZl @oblivian i create a fork, and use the "kardianos" go package, that is a "wrapper" to windows SVC and anothers "service" implemantations (mac, windows, linux, etc).

I just "copy and paste" some code from another project that i use to work as "windows service".

Im testing it, and its work as windows service , without use of nssm.

If someone has interest, is in my master fork branch https://github.com/alexwbaule/nvidia_gpu_exporter (you can look the modifications at cmd/nvidia_gpu_exporter/main.go).

If its ok, i can do a PR to merge it... (if someone test it too).

To test, just build as usual.

for my, i cross compile from my linux:
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe cmd/nvidia_gpu_exporter/main.go

[utkuozdemir]

@alexwbaule Thanks, this is something I wanted to do since a long time. Feel free to open the PR, but I cannot promise going over it anytime soon. I think it might get a bit tricky with the logger etc, so I would like to iterate on it myself before merging it too quickly. So, the PR is welcome, but it might take a long time till I get to it and eventually merge. In the meanwhile I suggest using your fork.

[alexwbaule]

@utkuozdemir it's Ok for me...

I will do a PR , and we can test it, discuss, etc..

Tonight, when I come home I will do it.

[utkuozdemir]

@utkuozdemir it's Ok for me...

I will do a PR , and we can test it, discuss, etc..

Tonight, when I come home I will do it.

No rush pls :)