How do I set up SearchBlox as a Windows service?

• Download SearchBlox for Windows.
• Run the installer, then follow the wizard to install the application on your C: drive.
• The installer will install SearchBlox, elasticsearch, and the analytics server for this application.
• Version 9.2 of SearchBlox is supported on Windows 2012, 2016 and 2019.

Prerequisites

• After installation please set JAVA_HOME and environment path variable for Java.
  Note: If there are other java versions installed in the system, please remove the references from the path variable.

To set the environment variable:

1. Right-click My Computer, select Properties and click Advanced System Settings.
2. On the Advanced tab, select Environment Variables
3. Create a new system variable JAVA_HOME with value C:\SearchBloxServer\jre

4. Select path variable and add %JAVA_HOME%\bin as a new path

5. Verify if Java is installed correctly by running the command: java -version

 

Start Elasticsearch Service

1. Open command prompt as Administrator, go to C:\SearchBloxServer\elasticsearch\bin and run the following command:
   elasticsearch-service.bat install

If you plan to use an alternate drive location such as D: drive for SearchBlox installation, please edit the D:\SearchBloxServer\elasticsearch\bin\elasticsearch-env.bat file to update the JAVA_HOME path to D:\SearchBloxServer\jre

2. You can start the service from the Control Panel > Administrative Services > Services panel.

3. Verify the elasticsearch service by opening the browser and going to the URL:
   https://localhost:9200/

username: admin
password: admin

5. You can make the service automatic in the services panel so elasticsearch service starts automatically on restart.

 

 

Stop Elasticsearch Service

To stop Elasticsearch service, please run the following command in the folder C:\SearchBloxServer\elasticsearch\bin :
elasticsearch-service.bat stop

 Start SearchBlox Service

1. Go to the C:\SearchBloxServer\services\bat\ folder within the SearchBlox installation.
2. Right-click the installService.bat file and run as Administrator. This will install the service.
3. You can start the SearchBlox service manually from the Control Panel > Administrative Services > Services panel.

• Restart the Windows Server if you are not able to start SearchBlox.
• Check if Elasticsearch service is running, if not start the Elasticsearch service before starting SearchBlox.
• SearchBlox service will start automatically upon server restart.

After you start the service, wait for 30 seconds then go to http://localhost:8080/searchblox/admin/main.jsp in your browser to access the SearchBlox Admin Console.

 Stop SearchBlox Service

1. Go to the C:\SearchBloxServer\services\bat\ folder within the SearchBlox installation.
2. Right-click the stopService.bat file and run as Administrator.

To learn about Setting up SearchBlox in Windows read: Installing SearchBlox in Windows