Add nginx.exe as Windows system service (like Apache)?

Question

I set up NGINX as a front end server for static content and I use Apache as a back-end server for other thing.

The thing is I can\'t find a logical answer that allow

Answer 1

NSSM is the best tool to run Nginx as a service.
If you do not want to use any external 3rd party software then you can implement any of these two methods.

• Windows Task Scheduler
• Windows startup shortcut

Windows Task Scheduler

• As mentioned in this answer prepare one start.bat file.
• Put this file where nginx.exe is present.
• Open windows task scheduler and set up the task as described in this answer to run it indefinitely.
• Do not forget to run this task as the highest privilege with the system account, more details can be found here.
• Make the task to start daily at a certain time, through the bat file it will check whether the service is already running to avoid creating multiple nginx.exe instances.
• If due to some reason Nginx shuts down, within 5 minutes it will start.

Windows Startup shortcut

• Create one shortcut of nginx.exe and put it in the startup folder of Windows.

• Follow this answer to find your startup location.

• Nginx will run automatically whenever you log in to the system.
• This one is the easiest. However, it is dependent on user profile i.e. if you are running Nginx on a server, it will run only for your user account, when you log off it stops.
• This is ideal for dev environment.