[Freeswitch-users] Skypiax as a windows service

[Giovanni Maruzzelli]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli
<gmaruzz at celliax.org> wrote:
> Then you install FS as service (freeswitch.exe -install servicename),
> start FS as a service (under "local system"), manually (again, from
> the "services" applet).

make sure the FS service is owned by "local system" and that "Access
desktop" is ticked.


gm

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli
<gmaruzz at celliax.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:02 PM, UV <uv at yuvalhertzog.com> wrote:
>>> Give a shout if you get Skypiax working as a service.
>>> I'll be happy to contribute to its wiki about it once you get it working.
>
> <shout>got Skypiax working as a service</shout>
>
> I will document this better in the future, but following is the
> general idea, from a Vista Home machine:
>
> I assume you have FS configured and working with mod_skypiax (if run
> from the command line). I mean, first you have to make sure all is
> working as a "normal non-service application", as documented in the
> wiki here http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Skypiax#Skypiax_on_Windows
> and in the video here
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Skypiax#Windows_Video_How_To
>
> To start the Skype client instances as services, you need to use
> instsrv and srvany from "Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools":
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en
>
> Procedure for creating a service is detailed here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890 (or more shortly here:
> http://www.sixxs.net/wiki/Configuring_Windows_Vista#.2816.29__Installing_AICCU_Utility_as_a_Service
> )
>
> You create an (empty) service with those tools, then you follow the
> procedure steps and as "Parameters" ->"Application" you put the string
> "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe /secondary /username:skypiax1
> /password:xxx"
>
> *use your username and password in the string*
>
> Then, from the "services" applet in Control Center ->administrative
> tools, you make sure the service is owned by "local system" and that
> "Access desktop" is ticked.
>
> Start the service manually from the "services" applet.
> Maybe it will appear a "the service wants to access the desktop". Go
> to "show message" to see what Skype wants, and give some
> configurations if needed.
>
> Then you install FS as service (freeswitch.exe -install servicename),
> start FS as a service (under "local system"), manually (again, from
> the "services" applet).
> It will appear "the service wants to access the desktop". Go there and
> give Skype authorization to be connected by FS, forever.
>
> Stop both services.
>
> Restart both services, manually. First the Skype clients,  then after
> a while, FS.
>
> From another machine, make a Skype call to FS.
>
> If all works as expected, stop both services, make sure (via
> "services" applet) the FS service will retry three times to start,
> with a minute pause (just to allow for the Skype clients to start and
> settle their connection with the network, to be on the safe side).
>
> Make the services to start "automatic".
>
> Reboot the machine, don't log in, make another test call to FS via
> Skype, and... shout :-)
>
> PS: instead of having the service to start one only instance of skype,
> you can probably make the service to start a .CMD file that will start
> many instances, a la startskype.bat
>
> I'll look into this soon.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Giovanni Maruzzelli
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