Start Confluence automatically on Windows as a Service (Pre 2.2)

Reasons For Hosting Confluence As A Service

If you are hosting Confluence on a Windows-based server, installation as a Windows Service offers these advantages:

• Automated Confluence recovery after server restart
• Improved troubleshooting through logging server output to file

Installing Confluence Standalone As A Service

From your Windows-based server running Confluence 1.5 or earlier:

1. Open a DOS prompt
2. Set the CATALINA_HOME variable to the Confluence Standalone root directory (that containing the bin and confluence director):

   C:\> set CATALINA_HOME=c:\progra~1\confluence-1.3.5-standalone
   

   If a directory in the path has spaces (eg. 'C:\Program Files\..'), please convert it to its eight-character equivalent.
3. Ensure the JAVA_HOME variable is set to the JDK base directory, with echo %JAVA_HOME%.
4. Run the following command, all on one line (or download it):

   "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\tomcat.exe" -install Confluence
   "%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
   -Djava.class.path="%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\bootstrap.jar;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar"
   -Dcatalina.home="%CATALINA_HOME%" -Xms128m -Xmx256m
   -start org.apache.catalina.startup.BootstrapService
   -params start -stop org.apache.catalina.startup.BootstrapService -params stop -out
   "%CATALINA_HOME%\logs\stdout.log" -err "%CATALINA_HOME%\logs\stderr.log"
   

   Once you've run this command successfully, you can start Confluence by running the following command

   C:\> net start Confluence
   

   Alternatively you can pull up the Windows Services page and start the service from there.

   You will need to ensure that the %CATALINA_HOME%*, index and database directories are all writeable by the user the service is running as.
   Confluence should now be installed as a service, but will not automatically start up until the next server reboot.

   The Confluence service can be uninstalled with:

   "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\tomcat.exe" -uninstall Confluence