How to Install TIBCO BW Agent (bwagent) as Windows Service

When adding machines to TIBCO BW 6 agents network, BW Agent needs to be started in each machine. BW Agent (bwagent) can be started through command line & for a more convenient manner, you can install bwagent as a Windows Service so that it can be started & stopped just like any other Windows Service.

How to Start TIBCO BW6 BW Agent (bwagent) in Console through Command Line

In order to run bwagent from command line, you can simply run below command:

bwagent startagent

In order to run above command, make sure that you are in the directory TIBCO_HOME/bw/6.x/bin as bwagent.exe is available in this path.

How to Install TIBCO 6 BW Agent (bwagent) as Windows Service

If you want to install TIBCO BW6 Agent (bwagent) as a Windows Service, you need to follow the steps as below:

• Update bwagent.tra file by adding following lines:

ntservice.name=TIBCO BW6 Agent
ntservice.binary.path.absolute=%TIBCO_HOME%/bw/6.x/bin/bwagent.exe

Make sure that you add above line by adding correct path to TIBCO_HOME and also specify correct version (I have specified 6.x).

• You need to replace existing bwagent.exe file with a different one. For this purpose, first backup existing bwagent.exe file by renaming it to something else (e.g. bwagent_old.exe)

bwagent.exe will be in the path %TIBCO_HOME%/bw/6.x/bin

• Now you need to copy pwrap.exe file from the path (%TIBCO_HOME%/tools/wrapper/64 or %TIBCO_HOME%/tools/wrapper/32 depending on your machine)
• Place the copied pwrap.exe in the path %TIBCO_HOME%/bw/6.x/bin and rename it to bwagent.exe
• Now run the below command to install bwagent as Windows Service

bwagent.exe –install

Once you have installed TIBCO BW 6 Agent (bwagent) as Windows Service, you should be able to see it in your Services with the same name as provided in bwagent.tra file. You can start and stop bwagent from there.

Ajmal Abbasi

Ajmal Hussain Abbasi is Integration Consultant By Profession with 13+ years experience in Integration domain mainly with TIBCO products. He has extensive practical knowledge of TIBCO Business Works, TIBCO Cloud, TIBCO Flogo, TIBCO Mashery, TIBCO Spotfire, EMS and TIBCO ActiveSpaces. He has worked on a number of highly critical integration projects in various sectors by using his skills in TIBCO Flogo, TIBCO API Management (Mashery), TCI, Tibco Designer, TIBCO Business Studio, Adapters, TIBCO EMS, RV, Administrator, TIBCO BE, TIBCO ActiveSpaces etc. Ajmal Abbasi has experience with MuleSoft ESB as well. Ajmal Abbasi is also experienced in the area of API Management particularly with WSO2 API management platforms. Ajmal Abbasi is also experienced in developing solutions using Core Java and J2EE Technologies. You can contact Ajmal Abbasi for Consultancy, Technical Assistance and Technical Discussions.

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