Running InfluxDB as a service: No documentation exists for installation under Windows #2164
Description
The InfluxDB documentation only includes instructions on how to install influxDB for various flavors of Linux, but I do not see any documentation about installing InfluxDB for Windows. Basic installation is pretty straight forward, but installing InfluxDB as a Windows service can be a pain in the *, so it would be nice to have some documentation about it so that everybody is using the same method for this.
Here's my suggestion:
Download nssm 2.24 (zip) from https://nssm.cc/download
Unzip nssm.exe from it and put in a new folder called nssm (I put it in the InfluxDB folder)
Create a batchfile nssmInstall.bat containing the following text:
nssm install InfluxDB
Run nssminstall.bat and fill in the tabs on the window that is displayed. Here is an example:
Tab "application"
Path: D:\PortableApps\Influx\InfluxDB\influxd.exe
Startup directory: D:\PortableApps\Influx\InfluxDB
Arguments: -config influxdb.conf
Tab "details"
Display name: InfluxDB Service
Description: InfluxDB running as a service. Installed by nssm, the non sucking service manager
StartupType: Automatic
Leave the other tabs at their default settings
Create a batchfile nssmStart.bat containing the following text:
nssm start InfluxDB
Run NssmStart.bat
And you are done!
I suggest to build a few extra batch files:
NssmStop.bat :
nssm stop InfluxDB
NssmStatus.bat :
nssm status InfluxDB
pause
NssmEdit.bat:
nssm edit InfluxDB
Please let me know if you have any suggestions for improving upon this method.