Start && stop worker service at runtime from MAUI

Dani_S 3,786

Hi,
Worker service is cross platform.
We can start/stop worker service on window from MAUI app using ServiceController.
How is done with Linux and Mac? which package can start/stop worker service from MAUI app.
Thanks,

Rob Caplan - MSFT 5,537 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-02T19:35:51.92+00:00

Adding dotnet-runtime tag since this doesn't sound MAUI specific and you're likely to find more help with this from the .Net runtime specialists.
MAUI is .Net 6's cross-platform UI layer targeting iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac(Catalyst). There is a community fork of MAUI for Linux, but it is not directly supported by Microsoft.

Can you please clarify what you're asking?
What specifically are you trying to do here?

I believe System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController is Windows specific as it refers specifically to Windows services. From a quick peek at the source it looks like it'll load in a non-Windows project but throw an error when constructed elsewhere:

System.PlatformNotSupportedException: ServiceController enables manipulating and accessing Windows services and it is not applicable for other operating systems.

Worker services are a more general background service infrastructure and can be cross-platform. To get started with Worker Services, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/extensions/workers

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Bruce (SqlWork.com) 66,866 Reputation points

2022-05-03T15:24:16.733+00:00

in MacOs and linux world you create daemons, not services.

macOs daemon

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/CreatingLaunchdJobs.html

linux daemon

http://shahmirj.com/blog/beginners-guide-to-creating-a-daemon-in-linux

on MacOs (and freebsd), you configure launchd with launchctl

https://www.launchd.info
https://ss64.com/osx/launchctl.html

on linux it will depend on the distro used. some use service, but others use systemd

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/systemd.service.5.html
https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/understanding-and-using-systemd/

note: on MacOs and Linux, you'd typically fork, and run a configuration utility rather than call a library to configure startup applications. Often this is done by the installation script.
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