AddService

The AddService action enables you to add a service to Controller. You can include the following information to specify the service that you want to include:

  • Path
  • Executable name
  • Configuration file name
  • Control method
  • Windows service name
  • Script
  • Name
  • Type
  • Labels

The action reads the port information for the service from the configuration file, and includes it in the response.

Example

a=AddService&ExecPath=C:/MicroFocus/IDOLServer/IDOL/IDOLServer.exe
a=AddService&ExecPath=C:/MicroFocus/IDOLServer/IDOL/IDOLServer.exe&ConfigPath=IDOLServer.cfg&ControlMethod=SCM&SCMServiceName=IDOLServer
a=AddService&ExecPath=C:/MicroFocus/IDOLServer/IDOL/IDOLServer.exe&Name=idol&Type=content&Labels=label1,key2:value2

Required Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter Description
ExecPath The full path of the executable file for the service that you want to add.

Optional Parameters

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter Description
ConfigPath The path to the configuration file of the service that you want to add.
ControlMethod The control method to use.
ExecPath The full path of the executable file for the service that you want to add.
InitScriptPath

The path to the script to use to control the service.

Labels

Any labels to associate with the service.

Name

A name for the service that you want to add.

SCMServiceName

The name of the Windows service, if applicable.

Type

A description of the type of service.

Comments

You can also submit this action from Coordinator by specifying the ControllerUUID parameter. For more information, refer to the Coordinator Reference.

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