gosvc

This package helps you focus on writing your application, not the boilerplate necessary to run it on each platform. By using this package, you get functions that:

• Install and run the application as a Windows service
• Create a systemd unit file for easily running the application on Linux

And it's really easy to use!

Usage

Begin by importing the package:

import "github.com/nathan-osman/gosvc"

Fill in an Application struct:

a := &gosvc.Application{
    Name:            "myservice",
    Description:     "My Service",
    Args:            []string{"-c", "config.json"},
    RequiresNetwork: true,
}

Convert this to a Platform:

p := a.Platform()

You can now use p.Run() in the main body of your application.

You also have access to p.Install(), p.Remove(), p.Start(), and p.Stop() for controlling the service. If you are using github.com/urfave/cli, you can add these as commands to your application with:

app := &cli.App{
    //...
    Commands: gosvc.Commands(p),
}

Users of your application will be able to install the service with:

yourapp.exe install