Running the Azurite Emulator as a Windows Service with NSSM - a self-contained script

You can use the following script to install NSSM and Azurite, as well as install Azurite as windows service. Of course, after some adjustments, it can also be used to run any powershell script snippet as windows service. Usage: To install NSSM from Chocolatey and Azurite from NPM, use script.ps1 install-dependencies To install Azurite as Service, use script.ps1 install To uninstall the service, use script.ps1 uninstall # Can be used to run the Azurite Emulator as a Windows Service via NSSM # Make sure to have NSSM installed (e.g. via "choco install nssm") # Also make sure to have Azurite installed ("npm install -g azurite") # You can also use the "install-dependencies" command [cmdletbinding()] param($command, $azuritePath) # Service configuration $serviceName = "AzuriteEmulator" $serviceDisplayName = "Azurite Emulator as Windows Service" $logsDirectory = "C:\azurite\logs" # Setup of dynamic paths $nssm = (Get-Command nssm).Source $powershell = (Get-Command pwsh).Source $scriptPath = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path # Azurite-specific handling - we pass the Azurite path to the service so that it can be run under a different user account if ($azuritePath -eq "" -Or $null -eq $azuritePath) { $azuritePath = (Get-Command azurite).Source } $arguments = '-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "{0}" --command runservice -azuritePath "{1}"' -f $scriptPath, $azuritePath if ($command -eq "runservice") { # This is the script part we actually want to run inside the service Write-Host ("Starting Azurite from '{0}'..." -f $azuritePath) & $azuritePath --silent --location c:\azurite --debug c:\azurite\logs\azurite.log --loose } elseif ($command -eq "install") { # Ensure logs directory exists mkdir $logsDirectory -f # Install service, set DisplayName and redirect outputs to logs & $nssm install "$serviceName" "$powershell" "$arguments" & $nssm set "$serviceName" DisplayName $serviceDisplayName & $nssm set "$serviceName" AppStdout "$logsDirectory\service....

March 7, 2022 · 2 min · Me