From 8bbb622bb43c6162157cea43e5cf008efac324d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JonRB <4564448+eeyrjmr@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:28:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions how to add service dependencies (#20968) --- docs/content/doc/installation/windows-service.en-us.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/doc/installation/windows-service.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/installation/windows-service.en-us.md index 0795771524..0db860dfb7 100644 --- a/docs/content/doc/installation/windows-service.en-us.md +++ b/docs/content/doc/installation/windows-service.en-us.md @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ Open "Windows Services", search for the service named "gitea", right-click it an "Run". If everything is OK, Gitea will be reachable on `http://localhost:3000` (or the port that was configured). +## Adding startup dependancies + +To add a startup dependancy to the Gitea Windows service (eg Mysql, Mariadb), as an Administrator, then run the following command: + +``` +sc.exe config gitea depend= mariadb +``` + +This will ensure that when the Windows machine restarts, the automatic starting of Gitea is postponed until the database is ready and thus mitigate failed startups. + ## Unregister as a service To unregister Gitea as a service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator and run: