Running Integration Server as a Windows Application vs a Windows Service
Integration Server can run as either a Windows application or a Windows service.
Use a Windows application if you want to control when the
Integration Server initializes. When
Integration Server is a Windows application, you must manually start it.
If you installed the
Integration Server as a Windows service and now want it to be a Windows application, you can manually remove the Windows service for the
Integration Server. After removing the Windows service, the
Integration Server will still be available as a Windows application. See
Switching the Server from a Windows Service
to a Windows Application.
Use a Windows service to have
Integration Server automatically initialize when the machine on which it is installed initializes. When you use a Windows service, you do not have to manually restart
Integration Server following a machine restart.
If you installed Integration Server as a Windows application and now want it to be a Windows service, you can manually register the Integration Server service.
You can run multiple Integration Server instances as applications and multiple Integration Server instances as services on a single machine. For example, you can run two instances of Integration Server as an application and two instances of Integration Server as services on the same machine.
Note:Microservices Runtime cannot be registered as a Windows service. An Integration Server equipped with an Microservices Runtime license can be registered as a Windows service.