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cpm
Asked: 2009-05-01 08:37:24 +0800 CST

Starting and stopping Mongrel service over SSH on Windows Server 2003

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I have a Rails app running under mongrel as a windows service on a Windows Server 2003 installation.

I'd like to automate deploying new versions of the app from my Ubuntu dev server.

Cygwin is installed on the Windows server for this purpose. I can connect in via ssh and net stop servicename but net start servicename doesn't bring the service up. My initial thoughts were maybe there are windows-specific paths involved in mongrel::service and under a cygwin environment it chokes?

Any help would be appreciated!

windows-server-2003 ssh cygwin ruby-on-rails mongrel

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Have you tried it using a different command line util like sc.exe?

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  2. Does the service start when you try it through the services GUI/MMC? If so then perhaps you need to take a second look to verify that your using the right service name.

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  3. Not sure if this is the same problem I've had with sshd, but make sure you only have 1 cygwin dll laying around your system. If there is more than one in the path it might be causing problems. With sshd I couldn't even get the service to start.

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  4. Consider trying a stand-alone SSH server for Windows, like VShell or freeSSHd.

    I remember using copSSH a while ago with good results.

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