Continuous Integration -- Starting and Stopping Windows services in your build

For [CFMongoDB|https://github.com/marcesher/cfmongodb] , I wanted to run all tests on a schedule, either when a source code change was detected on github, or every day. I didn't want to have Mongo running all the time \-\- just when the tests needed to run. Ideally, my CI process would start Mongo, run the tests, and stop Mongo when finished. 

Here's how I accomplished that.


h1. Installing MongoDB as a service


It was easiest for me to achieve this workflow by starting MongoDB as  a Windows service because then I could simply use NET START and NET STOP commands rather than spinning up Mongod.exe and killing it.

Installing mongod as a service is as simple as:

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mongod --install --logpath c:\path\to\some\logfile.log

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h1. How you will be able to run this service in Jenkins, but can't quite yet

Long heading, I know. In Jenkins, configuring the "Build Steps" *should* look like this:
# Invoke Windows Batch Command \--  "NET START 'Mongo DB'"
# ANT \-\- runtests
# Invoke Windows Batch Command \-\- "NET STOP 'Mongo DB'"

However, [due to this bug|https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-1434] , stopping the mongo service throws an error which will cause the Jenkins build to fail. And that won't do.

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