Defining a service object

You define a service object with the MQSC command DEFINE SERVICE.

The attributes that we need to define are as follows:

SERVTYPE

Defines the type of the service object. Possible values are as follows:

SERVER: A server service object.
Only one instance of a server service object can be executed at a time. The status of server service objects can be monitored using the MQSC command, DISPLAY SVSTATUS.
COMMAND: A command service object.
Multiple instances of a command service object can be executed concurrently. The status of a command service objects cannot be monitored.

STARTCMD

The program that is executed to start the service. A fully qualified path to the program must be specified.

STARTARG

Arguments passed to the start program.

STDERR

Specifies the path to a file to which the standard error (stderr) of the service program should be redirected.

STDOUT

Specifies the path to a file to which the standard output (stdout) of the service program should be redirected.

STOPCMD

The program that is executed to stop the service. A fully qualified path to the program must be specified.

STOPARG

Arguments passed to the stop program.

CONTROL

Specifies how the service is to be started and stopped:

MANUAL: The service is not to be started automatically or stopped automatically. It is controlled by use of the START SERVICE and STOP SERVICE commands. This is the default value.
QMGR: The service being defined is to be started and stopped at the same time as the queue manager is started and stopped.
STARTONLY: The service is to be started at the same time as the queue manager is started, but is not requested to stop when the queue manager is stopped.

Parent topic: Work with services