# Run Curator as a Windows Service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-curator-as-a-windows-service/87142>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 25, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-curator-as-a-windows-service/87142 "2017-05-25T14:54:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevinc1029](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@kevinc1029](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kevinc1029)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-curator-as-a-windows-service/87142/1 "2017-05-25T14:54:43Z")

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I've a Windows VM, is it possible to run curator as a windows service so it runs by itself? Or is cron the only way to do it?

What I want to achieve is to have curator constantly monitor my elasticsearch and automatically execute an action if the criteria was met.

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-curator-as-a-windows-service/87142/2 "2017-05-25T15:08:43Z")

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You should be able to use the Windows Task Scheduler in place of cron.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-curator-as-a-windows-service/87142/3 "2017-06-22T15:08:43Z")

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