Controller 26.3
Controller Reference

# AddService

The `AddService` action enables you to add a service to Controller. You can include the following information to specify the service that you want to include:

- Path
- Executable name
- Configuration file name
- Control method
- Windows service name
- Script
- Name
- Type
- Labels

The action reads the port information for the service from the configuration file, and includes it in the response.

## Example

    a=AddService&ExecPath=C:/OpenText/KnowledgeDiscovery/Content/Content.exe

    a=AddService&ExecPath=C:/OpenText/KnowledgeDiscovery/Content/Content.exe&ConfigPath=Content.cfg&ControlMethod=SCM&SCMServiceName=Content

    a=AddService&ExecPath=C:/OpenText/KnowledgeDiscovery/Content/Content.exe&Name=content&Type=content&Labels=label1,key2:value2

## Required Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ExecPath | The full path of the executable file for the service that you want to add.

## Optional Parameters

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ConfigPath | The path to the configuration file of the service that you want to add.
ControlMethod | The control method to use.
ExecPath | The full path of the executable file for the service that you want to add.
InitScriptPath | The path to the script to use to control the service.
Labels | Any labels to associate with the service.
Name | A name for the service that you want to add.
SCMServiceName | The name of the Windows service, if applicable.
Type | A description of the type of service.

## Comments

You can also submit this action from Coordinator by specifying the `ControllerUUID` parameter. For more information, refer to the Coordinator Reference.

## See Also

- EditServiceInfo
- FindServices
- GetServices
- RemoveService
- RestartService
- StartService
- StopService

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Controller 26.3

Topic Title: AddService