About:

WinSW is a utility that allows you to wrap and manage a Windows service for any executable.

frpc is a client for the frp (Fast Reverse Proxy) tool, which enables you to expose local servers to the internet.

Procedure:

To set up frpc as a Windows service using WinSW, follow these steps:

  1. Download WinSW
  • Download the latest release of WinSW from the releases page. Choose the appropriate executable for your system, either WinSW-x64.exe or WinSW-x86.exe.
  1. Rename WinSW executable
  • Rename the downloaded WinSW executable to frpc-winsw.exe. This will be the service wrapper for the frpc executable.
  1. Create a configuration file
  • Create a new XML configuration file named frpc-winsw.xml in the same directory as the frpc-winsw.exe. Add the following content to the file:
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<service>
  <id>frpc</id>
  <name>frpc</name>
  <description>frp client service managed by WinSW</description>
  <executable>path\to\frpc.exe</executable>
  <arguments>-c path\to\frpc.ini</arguments>
  <log mode="roll-by-size">
    <sizeThreshold>10485760</sizeThreshold>
    <keepFiles>3</keepFiles>
  </log>
  <onfailure action="restart" />
  <startmode>Automatic</startmode>
</service>
  • Replace path\to\frpc.exe with the actual path to your frpc.exe file.
  • Replace path\to\frpc.ini with the actual path to your frpc.ini configuration file.

  1. Install the service
  • Open a command prompt or PowerShell window with administrator privileges. Navigate to the directory containing frpc-winsw.exe and frpc-winsw.xml.
  • Run the following command to install the service:
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.\frpc-winsw.exe install

Installing service ‘frpc (frpc)’… Service ‘frpc (frpc)’ was installed successfully.

  1. Start the service
  • After installing the service, start it by running the following command:
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.\frpc-winsw.exe start

Service ‘frpc (frpc)’ was refreshed successfully.

Starting service ‘frpc (frpc)’… Service ‘frpc (frpc)’ started successfully.

Also, we can restart a Windows service from the command line (alternative)

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 net stop frpc

The frpc service is stopping. The frpc service was stopped successfully.

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net start frpc

The frpc service is starting. The frpc service was started successfully.

Conclusion:

frpc is set up as a Windows service and will automatically start on system boot. You can manage the service using the Services management console or by using the frpc-winsw.exe commands, such as stop, restart, and uninstall.

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