Quassel IRC

h1. QuasselCore As A Service (Windows)

Instructions for settting up Quasel as a service can be found here: http://dotknot.blogspot.ca/2012/01/installing-quassel-on-windows.html

Note that since the core is running on a different user, your configuration folder will be at <code>C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\quassel-irc.org</code>.

If you already have a configuration setup that you want to migrate, copy the contents of <code>%APPDATA%\.quassel-irc.org\</code> (aka <code>C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\.quassel-irc.org\</code>) to the NetworkService's configuration folder.

h2. Windows 7

There were a few changes needed to setup the service in step 3. Specifically, the argument <code>bin</code> in <code>sc create</code> changed to <code>binPath</code>, and required the .exe tacked onto the end.

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sc create QuasselCore binPath= "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\srvany.exe" DisplayName= "QuasselCore" obj= "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE"

reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\QuasselCore\Parameters

reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\QuasselCore\Parameters /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Quassel\Core\quasselcore.exe"

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h2. Adding Parameters onto QuasselCore.exe

Say you wanted to run the service on a different port like: <code>quasselcore.exe -p 4241</code>. We need to add another registry value according to the "srvany readme":http://www.rezsoft.org/pforward/reskit/readme.txt.

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reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\QuasselCore\Parameters /v AppParameters /t REG_SZ /d "-p 4241"

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h2. Have The Service Run Automatically

Run services.exe. Find the QuasselCore. Right click it and click properties. Then set the Startup Type to Automatic.