# \[Just Pushed\] Service Wrapper and Restart API **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 1, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-service-wrapper-and-restart-api/2935 "2010-05-01T00:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-service-wrapper-and-restart-api/2935/1 "2010-05-01T00:26:25Z")
Hi, I just pushed Java Service Wrapper support for elasticsearch. The idea of Java Service Wrapper is to have a lightweight process forking the actual Java process that is elasticsearch. This process allows to run elasticsearch in console mode, as well as to start it in the background, and stop it (finally, a command line option to stop it). The script also allows to install elasticsearch in init.d/launchd(mac)/windows service. The scripts exists under the bin/service directory. On top of that, the shutdown API now automatically uses service wrapper when its run under it to send the stop command through the service wrapper. Also, a restart API as been added (similar to the shutdown API, just replace shutdown with restart). When running in regular mode, it will restart elasticsearch within the same JVM. When run under the service wrapper, the wrapper will restart the whole JVM and starting a fresh JVM with a fresh elasticsearch node. The wrapper also provides a nice ping ability to detect if the process is hung, and if so, it will restart it automatically. The default ping timeout is 5 minutes, but all is configurable under the bin/service/elasticsearch.conf. A note regarding the service wrapper. Memory configuration (min/max) are configured within the elasticsearch.conf file. All the rest of elasticsearch configuration can be configured in any case through the elasticsearch.(yml|json) files. cheers, shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![mooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mooky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mooky)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-service-wrapper-and-restart-api/2935/2 "2010-05-01T00:44:59Z")
cool 🙂 jsw rocks On 1 May 2010 01:26, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com) wrote: > Hi, > I just pushed Java Service Wrapper support for elasticsearch. The idea of > Java Service Wrapper is to have a lightweight process forking the actual > Java process that is elasticsearch. This process allows to run elasticsearch > in console mode, as well as to start it in the background, and stop it > (finally, a command line option to stop it). The script also allows to > install elasticsearch in init.d/launchd(mac)/windows service. The scripts > exists under the bin/service directory. On top of that, the shutdown API now > automatically uses service wrapper when its run under it to send the stop > command through the service wrapper. > Also, a restart API as been added (similar to the shutdown API, just > replace shutdown with restart). When running in regular mode, it will > restart elasticsearch within the same JVM. When run under the service > wrapper, the wrapper will restart the whole JVM and starting a fresh JVM > with a fresh elasticsearch node. > The wrapper also provides a nice ping ability to detect if the process is > hung, and if so, it will restart it automatically. The default ping timeout > is 5 minutes, but all is configurable under the > bin/service/elasticsearch.conf. > A note regarding the service wrapper. Memory configuration (min/max) are > configured within the elasticsearch.conf file. All the rest of elasticsearch > configuration can be configured in any case through the > elasticsearch.(yml|json) files. > cheers, > shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![Adrian2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Adrian2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adrian2)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-service-wrapper-and-restart-api/2935/3 "2012-11-27T18:29:31Z")
Looks like this to "Windows 32-bit". This for "64bit windows"? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-service-wrapper-and-restart-api/2935/4 "2017-07-06T03:02:38Z")