Editing Trac Installation on Windows Server 2008 (section)

==Install Trac as a Windows service==
* Download the "SVRANY" tool.
** This utility is part of '''Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools'''. This applies even if the installation is on Windows 2008 Server.
** Install The Resource Kit Tools and copy <code>srvany.exe</code> to <code>c:\windows\system32</code>.
* Create a new Windows service for tracd. (Administrator privileges required.)<br /><syntaxhighlight lang="dos" enclose="div">
sc create tracd binPath= c:\windows\systems32\srvany.exe start= auto DisplayName= "Trac Stand-Alone Service"
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** Make sure that the service does not already exist and that the Services control panel is not open.
** The equal signs are part of the parameter names. There must be no space between "binPath" and the equals sign. And there must be a space following the equals sign.
* Use <code>regedit</code> to configure the application run by the <code>tracd</code> service.
** <code>\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tracd\</code>
** Create a key named "Parameters" and add 3 string values under the the key:
*** AppDirectory: <code>c:\Python27\</code>
*** Application: <code>python.exe</code>
*** AppParameters: <code>Scripts\tracd-script.py --port 8009 --protocol=ajp d:\inetpub\develop\littledamien\littledamien_web\trac</code>
** Use the python executable with the tracd-script.py script instead of using tracd.exe. Otherwise if the service is stopped the python instance will not be killed.
* Start the new service.
** Administrative Tools > Services > Trac Stand-Alone Service > right click > Start