From b3d88ada01c5bafe0581dc129fabe35a6faa3a85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: KazzmanK Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 14:14:12 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add a documentation note for Windows Service (#26938) Service may fail to start at boot time with timeout Resolves #26934 Co-authored-by: Nikolay Kobzarev --- docs/content/installation/windows-service.en-us.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/installation/windows-service.en-us.md b/docs/content/installation/windows-service.en-us.md index 201681bc03..90332b7c69 100644 --- a/docs/content/installation/windows-service.en-us.md +++ b/docs/content/installation/windows-service.en-us.md @@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ Open "Windows Services", search for the service named "gitea", right-click it an "Run". If everything is OK, Gitea will be reachable on `http://localhost:3000` (or the port that was configured). +## Service startup type + +It was observed that on loaded systems during boot Gitea service may fail to start with timeout records in Windows Event Log. +In that case change startup type to `Automatic-Delayed`. This can be done during service creation, or by running config command + +``` +sc.exe config gitea start= delayed-auto +``` + ## Adding startup dependencies To add a startup dependency to the Gitea Windows service (eg Mysql, Mariadb), as an Administrator, then run the following command: