Upgrading agents as services on Windows using the command-line

You can upgrade the currently running Deploy agent as a Windows service even though you initially didn’t install HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) agent as a service during the installation process.

Upgrading the agents to Windows service by using the command-line interference

Before you begin, stop the running agent. You can stop the agent from the command-line or the server. To stop the agent from the command line, run the following command:

agent.cmd stop
Follow these steps to upgrade the agent to a Windows services by using the command-line interface:
  1. Open the command prompt as an administrator.
  2. Change the directory to the agent's bin/init/service folder.
  3. Locate the deployagent.cmd script.
  4. Run the deployagent.cmd script with the following argument:
    deployagent.cmd install <service name>
The Deploy agent now runs as a Windows service.

Upgrading the compact agents to Windows service by using the command-line interference

Perform the following steps to upgrade the compact agents to Windows service:
  1. Go to <agent_installation_directory>/bin.
  2. Run the following command:
    run agent install-service

The compact agent is now upgraded to Windows service and appears as deploy-agent.