Powershell DSC: Whats the recommendation if we want a process to be always running

Question

I want a process (exe) to be always running on machine, even after it reboots. I've setup powershell DSC and currently I had it as a WindowsProcess and its not launched after reboot. Can someone tell me whats the recommended resource to be used for this scenario ?

Answer 1

You dont really need DSC for that, just create a service with startup type of auto with the sc command. plenty of examples online.

sc create <servicename> binpath= "<pathtobinaryexecutable>" [option1] [option2] [optionN]

You can use Service to create services as well. Something like this should work:

configuration ServiceTest
{
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName PSDesiredStateConfiguration
    Node localhost
    {

        Service ServiceExample
        {
            Name        = "TermService"
            StartupType = "Manual"
            State       = "Running"
            Path        = "path\to\binary
        }
    }
}