FireDaemon Pro 5
Run any program, application, or script as a Microsoft Windows service
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Run any program, application, or script as a Windows service securely on Session 0
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Setup process containerisation where your app and its entire process tree are encapsulated, isolated, managed, and monitored as a single unit
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Services can be tagged to facilitate identification, logical association and group management
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Monitor and restart your program if it crashes, freezes, or shuts down abnormally
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Start your program at system boot, without any user intervention
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Run your program in specific security contexts to allow access to computer and network resources
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Schedule your program to start, restart, or run for intervals at specific times and dates
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Run other programs, applications, or scripts during service launch, termination, or at other points of the service lifecycle
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Edit and manage built-in Windows services
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Brand and integrate with Pro OEM.
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FireDaemon Pro
5.3.0 October 2023
$50 per license
Maintenance subscriptions and volume discounts are available
Features at a glance
FireDaemon Pro allows you to create a native Windows service that runs your pre-existing application, program, or script without having to make any programmatic changes. Once set up, FireDaemon Pro will run your program securely and interactively on Session 0, at system boot without you having to log in to your computer. FireDaemon Pro not only takes care of running your program but also monitors it should it crash or fail, restarting it if necessary. FireDaemon Pro allows you to run programs that are designed to run indefinitely or programs that run for a finite period and self-complete.
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FireDaemon Pro has an advanced scheduling engine that offers scheduled restarts, duration scheduling, and point-in-time scheduled executions. You can manage FireDaemon Pro and built-in Windows services via the FireDaemon Pro GUI, command-line interface (CLI) or FireDaemon Fusion. Brand, integrate, and bundle with your product or platform with Pro OEM.
Service creation & control
Create custom Windows services allowing you to start, stop and restart any application program or script as a Windows service.
No login required
Start your programs automatically or with a delayed start without having to login to your workstation or server.
Always running programs
Configure your program to run perpetually. If your program crashes or terminates it will be restarted automatically.
Themeable UI and command line
Customise the FireDaemon Pro GUI and command line with your own company name, product name, executable names, executable icons, and GUI graphics.
Implicit log rolling
Apply wildcards to the debug, stdout and stderr log files to ensure debug and output capture are logged to files on a daily basis.
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Templatised service configuration
Customise the FireDaemon Pro service configuration template to ensure every service you create has the same default settings.
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Self completing tasks
Configure your program to terminate gracefully. Integrate with a schedule to run at specific times.
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Session 0 program interactivity
Switch to Session 0 to see the interactive components of your application running under FireDaemon Pro control.
Service SIDs
Harden your FireDaemon Pro Windows services by specifying a security identifier to set a security principal or security group.
Job groups
If your program spawns multiple sub-processes then placing it in a Job Group will ensure all sub-processes are terminated when the service / program is stopped or restarted.
Logon accounts
Run your service using default in-build Windows credentials or specify local, domain, MSA, gMSA, or virtual account credentials.
Process prioritisation
Run your program with a specific priority, bind your program to specific SMP cores or NUMA nodes.
Real-time process monitoring
Inbuilt process monitoring allows you to configure exactly what happens when your program terminates or quits.
Flap, fail and freeze detection
Respond to program flap (rapid start/crash), fail (recurring terminations) and freeze (application hangs) events.
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Structured service shutdown
Shutdown your application gracefully by sending shutdown keystrokes or command events to your program.
Service pre-shutdowns
Wait for other Windows services to terminate before commencing shutdown of your FireDaemon Pro service.
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Windows event log logging
Log service events to the Windows event log. Track these events in third-party tools such as Microsoft System Center Operations Manager.
Debug logging
Enable detailed logging of the progress of your FireDaemon Pro service to on-disk file for debugging, auditing and analysis.
Output capture
Capture the stdout and stderr output of your application to on-disk log files for auditing and analysis.
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Service dependencies
Make your FireDaemon Pro service depend on other Windows or other FireDaemon Pro services to ensure dependent services are started and stopped.
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Set environment variables
Set custom environment variables or use pre-set FireDaemon Pro environment variables for use by your program or script.
Failure detection and notification
Integrate your service with standard Windows Service Control Manager (SCM) failure detection and notification controls.
Command line control
Use the FireDaemon Pro command line to create, manage and control your services. Use the command-line options to automate service management via batch files or playbooks.
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Manage built-in Window services
FireDaemon Pro not only allows you to create and manage your own Windows services but also built-in Windows and other third-party services.
FireDaemon Pro 5 OEM
​Integrate/embed into your product or platform with unlimited royalty-free redistribution
If you wish to integrate FireDaemon Pro with your product or platform for resale then FireDaemon Pro OEM is for you! FireDaemon Pro OEM is a variant of FireDaemon Pro specifically designed for use by software vendors and integrators who wish to bundle FireDaemon Pro with their own product or platform. FireDaemon Pro OEM is designed to be included in third-party installers, golden OS images, or provisioned via deployment tools, such as Puppet, Ansible, or PDQ Deploy.
Integrate or embed
FireDaemon Pro OEM includes all the features of FireDaemon
Pro and additional features to assist in automating
installation. The FireDaemon Pro OEM ZIP file contains all
the components to allow you to embed the product in your installer, golden image or standalone product.
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No license key required royalty free redistribution
FireDaemon Pro OEM does not require a license key and is DRM free. There are no additional fees to redistribute FireDaemon Pro OEM as part of your software installer or platform.
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FireDaemon Pro OEM
5.3.0 October 2023
$2000 includes 12-month Software Assurance and Support
Uptime & availability for 500+ applications and systems
If it works with FireDaemon Pro then we most likely have written a guide to show you how to run your application in the background as a Windows Service.
