I need to use InstallUtil to install a C# windows service. I need to set the service logon credentials (username and password). All of this needs to be done silently.
Is there are way to do something like this:
installutil.exe myservice.exe /customarg1=username /customarg2=password
Bravo to my co-worker (Bruce Eddy). He found a way we can make this command-line call:
installutil.exe /user=uname /password=pw myservice.exe
It is done by overriding OnBeforeInstall in the installer class:
namespace Test
{
[RunInstaller(true)]
public class TestInstaller : Installer
{
private ServiceInstaller serviceInstaller;
private ServiceProcessInstaller serviceProcessInstaller;
public OregonDatabaseWinServiceInstaller()
{
serviceInstaller = new ServiceInstaller();
serviceInstaller.StartType = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceStartMode.Automatic;
serviceInstaller.ServiceName = "Test";
serviceInstaller.DisplayName = "Test Service";
serviceInstaller.Description = "Test";
serviceInstaller.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Automatic;
Installers.Add(serviceInstaller);
serviceProcessInstaller = new ServiceProcessInstaller();
serviceProcessInstaller.Account = ServiceAccount.User;
Installers.Add(serviceProcessInstaller);
}
public string GetContextParameter(string key)
{
string sValue = "";
try
{
sValue = this.Context.Parameters[key].ToString();
}
catch
{
sValue = "";
}
return sValue;
}
// Override the 'OnBeforeInstall' method.
protected override void OnBeforeInstall(IDictionary savedState)
{
base.OnBeforeInstall(savedState);
string username = GetContextParameter("user").Trim();
string password = GetContextParameter("password").Trim();
if (username != "")
serviceProcessInstaller.Username = username;
if (password != "")
serviceProcessInstaller.Password = password;
}
}
}
No, installutil doesn't support that.
Of course if you wrote an installer; with a custom action then you would be able to use that as part of an MSI or via installutil.