Equivalent of a Windows Service on OSX with Mono

Question

What do I need to do to have my .NET-Mono application run as a background process on OSX and start when the OS starts up? (Assuming the application is otherwise ready to go on OSX)

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Build an installer for .NET app that can run on Windows and OS X?

Answer 1

this article might be a bit out of date but might be of use for OSX.

Since your mono process can run in the unix layer (assuming you have no need for a gui) then this should make things simpler.

Answer 2

As ShuggyCoUk notes, that article is very out of date. In 10.4, OS X made some some radical changes. The guide you want to read is System Startup Programming Topics. The short answer is "use launchd."

Answer 3

You want to put a plist (this is an example of running CruiseControl.NET) in /Library/LaunchDaemons and the plist has to be owned by root. Also note as you are using LaunchD the process will always be running as root.

Answer 4

Here's a blog post on what to add to your Info.plist to have your app run in the background and not have a dock icon.