Get-ServiceConfiguration

Gets a service's full configuration, e.g. username, path, failure actions, etc.

Syntax

Get-ServiceConfiguration [-Name] <String> [-ComputerName <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The .NET ServiceController object only returns basic information about a service. This function returns all the other service configuration as a Carbon.Service.ServiceInfo object, which has the following properties:

You can load a specific service using its name, or pipe in ServiceController objects.

In addition to this function, Carbon also adds this information as extended type data properties onto the ServiceController class. To see it,

Get-Service | Get-Member

The user running this function must have QueryConfig, QueryStatus, and EnumerateDependents permissions on the service. Use Grant-ServicePermission to grant these permissions.

This function is new in Carbon 1.8.

Related Commands

Parameters

Name Type Description Required? Pipeline Input Default Value
Name String

The name of the service.

true true (ByPropertyName)
ComputerName String

The name of the computer where the service lives.

false true (ByPropertyName)

Return Values

Carbon.Service.ServiceInfo.

EXAMPLE 1

Get-Service | Get-ServiceConfiguration

Demonstrates how you can pipe in a ServiceController object to load the service. This works for services on remote computers as well.

EXAMPLE 2

Get-ServiceConfiguration -Name  'w3svc'

Demonstrates how you can get a specific service's configuration.

EXAMPLE 3

Get-ServiceConfiguration -Name 'w3svc' -ComputerName 'enterprise'

Demonstrates how to get service configuration for a service on a remote computer.