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How to pass a system property using Wrapper.exe

How do I pass a property to a Java process, started as a Windows service using Wrapper.exe?

The target code calls:

System.getProperty("ADMIN_USERNAME");
Solution

  • http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/doc/english/prop-java-additional-n.html

    You can set "additional parameters" that will go to the JVM (as opposed to your main class), and -DADMIN_USERNAME=gandalf should work there.

    wrapper.java.additional.1=-Xrs
wrapper.java.additional.2=-Dprop=TRUE
wrapper.java.additional.3=-DADMIN_USERNAME=gandalf

    Update: You must start with additional.1 and count up without gaps (This is a convention for shoe-horning lists into Java properties syntax).