Windows service in production?

[snorble]

On Aug 16, 2:52 am, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> On 16/08/2011 05:32, snorble wrote:
>
> > Anyone know of a Python application running as a Windows service in
> > production? I'm planning a network monitoring application that runs as
> > a service and reports back to the central server. Sort of a heartbeat
> > type agent to assist with "this server is down, go check on it" type
> > situations.
>
> Don't know what it'll take to inspire you with confidence, but I have
> several Python services running here without a hitch.
> The longest have been running for about three years -- not without
> a stop, since they have to be restarted for reasons external to the
> service itself.
>
> There's no py2exe involved, just the pywin32 service wrappers. (The
> apps in question are also set up to run standalone for testing etc.).
> They're mostly around a helpdesk system: one app ingests email requests
> to the helpdesk; another post-processes call changes, currently to
> send out email alerts to interested parties; another triggers alarms
> on calls for various purposes, etc.
>
> I don't claim they're the most sophisticated pieces of code on Earth,
> but it doesn't sound like you're after anything spectacular either.
>
> TJG

Interesting. Normally I would use py2exe then do "myapp.exe -install"
to install the app as a service. How do you handle installing the
service? Also what does the service show under the properties, for the
executable? "python.exe script.py" or something else?