Can I run a Python script as a service?

Question

Is it possible to run a Python script as a background service on a webserver? I want to do this for socket communication.

Answer 1

on XP and later you can use the sc.exe program to use any .exe as service:

>sc create
Creates a service entry in the registry and Service Database.
SYNTAX:
sc create [service name] [binPath= ]  ...
CREATE OPTIONS:
NOTE: The option name includes the equal sign.
 type= 
       (default = own)
 start= 
       (default = demand)
 error= 
       (default = normal)
 binPath= 
 group= 
 tag= 
 depend= 
 obj= 
       (default = LocalSystem)
 DisplayName= 
 password= 

You can start your pythonscript by starting the python interpreter with your script as argument:

python.exe myscript.py