Run as Windows service is failing

[oblivian]

Describe the bug
Failing when running as a Windows Service
Runs fine when ran from CLI.

To Reproduce

sc create nvidia_gpu_exporter binpath= "C:\Program Files\SysAdm\nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe"
sc start nvidia_gpu_exporter

Produces:

[SC] StartService FAILED 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Expected behavior
I was expecting it to work like most other "exporters" like windows_exporter where one simply use the above procedure.
I see nssm.exe is recommended, but it is long since abandon-ware and too many anti-viruses flag it as malicious to be trusted anymore.

Console output

[SC] StartService FAILED 1053:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Model and Version

• GPU Model: GeForce RTX 2080
• App version and architecture: v1.2.0 - Win_x86_64
• Installation method: binary download
• Operating System: Windows 10
• Nvidia GPU driver version: Windows Game Ready Driver 551.23

[lZzozZl]

I have same problem too.
I would like to use SC to install and run the service

[endresjo]

I first tried the same for not having to use the NSSM. The Problem with SC is that the nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe is not a "true" Windows service application (it does not implement the Windows Services API.

Now I'm using a scheduled task to start the exporter after Windows startup with:

## ensure C:\it\nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe exists
$Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup
$Action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "C:\it\nvidia_gpu_exporter.exe"
$Principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -GroupId "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService"
Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "nvidia_gpu_exporter" -Trigger $Trigger -Action $Action -Principal $Principal