# Service wrapper

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{{Short description|Software to manage background services}}
{{distinguish|operating system service management}}
A '''service wrapper''' is a [computer program](/source/computer_program) that [wraps](/source/Adapter_pattern) arbitrary programs thus enabling them to be installed and run as [Windows Service](/source/Windows_service)s or [Unix daemon](/source/daemon_(computer_software))s, programs that run in the [background](/source/background_(computer_software)), rather than under the direct control of a user. They are often automatically started at [boot](/source/booting) time. Arbitrary programs cannot run as services or daemons, unless they fulfil specific requirements which depend on the [operating system](/source/operating_system). They also have to be installed in order for the operating system to identify them as such.

Various projects exist offering a Java service wrapper, as [Java](/source/Java_(software_platform)) itself doesn't support creating system services. Some wrappers may add additional functionality to monitor the health of the application or to communicate with it.

==See also==
* [Windows Service](/source/Windows_service)
* [Unix daemon](/source/Daemon_(computer_software))

==External links==
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* [https://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com Java Service Wrapper]
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/yajsw Yet Another Java Service Wrapper]
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/jslwin Java Service Launcher]
* [https://forge.objectweb.org/projects/javaservice JavaService] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109201849/http://forge.objectweb.org/projects/javaservice |date=2009-01-09 }}
* [https://commons.apache.org/daemon Apache Commons Daemon]
* [https://www.firedaemon.com/ FireDaemon - Run Any Application as a Windows Service]
* [https://www.CoreTechnologies.com/products/AlwaysUp AlwaysUp - Easily run any application as a Windows Service]
* [https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/ Windows Service Wrapper]
* [https://nssm.cc NSSM]

Category:Windows services

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