I am in the process of setting up a website for users to sign up for accounts to access applications on a server running Windows Server 2019 with IIS, MySQL, PHP,
and FastCGI
.
The website works fine, the applications work fine, but it becomes rather tedious to have to login via RDP to restart an application if it hangs up, needs a manual update, etc. I have tried searching via google, and came up empty on this, but is there a way via php, jquery/AJAX, etc.,
to click a button on my website’s admin panel to send a command to Windows to shutdown and/or restart an application?
Example:
Let’s say I have my website located at C:/webroot/htdocs/" and an application at "C:/servers/server1/server.exe
I want to send a command from the website to close any active windows for server.exe
(the console window(s)) if I hit "Stop Server" on the webpage. If I hit "Start Server" it will send a command to launch the server.exe
program. Finally, if I hit "Restart Server" it will perform the stop action, followed by the start action in a single click.
Is this possible without needing to purchase any type of third-party application?
I know there are cron jobs, but I am not sure exactly how to utilize them, especially in this type of scenario.
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