Windows Service to start Robot

#1

Greeting,

May I know is it possible to start a robot by using windows service?

For example : Start a process in my windows service to execute command like >>
“C:\Program Files (x86)\UiPath Studio\UiRobot.exe” /file:“full path of your workflow”

I’ve tried the approach above and I can notice that the uipath.exe is running in task manager, but the robot is not starting anyway. Any idea?

Thanks

#2

Hi @kahwai,
Can you give a try by slightly modifying your argument like below:
Program /Script: "C:\Program Files (x86)\UiPath Studio\UiRobot.exe"
Arguments: /monitored /executor /file:“full path of Main.xaml or workflow”

#3

Hi @jibanjyoti,

Im facing an exception after i change and start my windows service >
System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. —>

System.ServiceModel.EndpointNotFoundException: There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://localhost/UiPath/service/duplex/agent/SYSTEM that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details. —> System.IO.PipeException: The pipe endpoint ‘net.pipe://localhost/UiPath/service/duplex/agent/SYSTEM’ could not be found on your local machine.

I already turned on all the pipe related features in Windows Features. Any idea?

Thanks

#4

In which activity you are getting this error?
It seems some WCF related errors you are getting.
Kindly check your URL.

Can you please explain what is your requirement?

#5

Im trying to run the command to start a robot as in my first post. There are nothing related to WCF in my workflow which is just some excel scrapping.
However, when I trying to run the command in Command Prompt myself, the robot is working perfectly. I only face this problem when I try to execute the command and start the robot in a Windows Service.

#6

@kahwai, Even I am facing the same issue. Bot is working perfectly from cmd but when triggering from WCF the below error is thrown

error message : {“message”:"System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. —> System.ServiceModel.EndpointNotFoundException: There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://localhost/UiPath/service/duplex/agent/SYSTEM that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details. —> System.IO.PipeException: The pipe endpoint

Did you find any solution??

#7

Do we really need Window services to trigger the robot without an orchestrator ??