Setting up a Pliant Remote Worker as a Windows Service

This article describes the use of a third party tool to enable running the Remote Worker as a Windows Service. This is an example process, and the tool used here is not affiliated with or supported by Pliant. Use of this utility is at your own risk.

  1. Download the NSSM utility from their website: https://nssm.cc/download

  2. See the NSSM documentation for guidance: https://nssm.cc/usage

  3. Use the following parameters in the configuration:

  • Path: C:\Program Files\Pliant\pliant-worker-windows.exe

  • Startup Directory: C:\Program Files\Pliant\

  • Arguments: --api-host <YOUR_PLIANT_HOST_IP_OR_HOSTNAME> --group-name <YOUR_WORKER_GROUP_NAME> --secret-key <YOUR_WORKER_GROUP_SHARED_SECRET>

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