wsgisvc
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There are many deployment scenarios with Python web applications. Without diving into all the options I'll suppose part of your deployment is utilizing Paste Deployment (http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/) . To test and develop your application you use "paster serve some_name.ini". Now to setup the application so that it runs after log off or restart you need a customized Windows service.

There are a couple of recipes around to achieve this but, you have to copy and paste some code and hardcode the name and config file into it. I've put together a little tool which helps creating windows services, based on arbitrary configuration parameters.

1. install the tool
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::

	easy_install wsgisvc

This adds the wsgisvc.exe into your scripts directory. *Python extensions for Windows are a prerequisite.* If you don't have them download (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018) them and install.

2. Extend your \*.ini file 
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with a [winservice] section. The list of options you can use:

- svc_name
- svc_display_name
- svc_description
- log_file
- virtual_env

If you don't use the [winservice] section, the configuration file will be used as service name. Sensible defaults will be made up for the rest. 

3. Install the service
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::

	wsgisvc -c some_name.ini install

This adds the service "svc1" to your system. You can check it out under display name "svc1 Paste Service" through Administrative Tools -> Services. To start the service you can either use that or command line::

	wsgisvc -c some_name.ini start

And the last thing, to list display names of all installed Paste services::

	wsgisvc list
	
Source code of the package
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http://bitbucket.org/tibor_arpas/wsgisvc/ 

Any feedback or corrections are appreciated.
