Icinga Knowledge Base - IWKB000005

Short Message

powershell.exe : Failed to start service 'Icinga PowerShell Service (icingapowershell)'.

Example Exception

powershell.exe : Failed to start service 'Icinga PowerShell Service (icingapowershell)'.

At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\icinga-powershell-framework\lib\core\framework\Restart-IcingaService.psm1:29 char:9

+ powershell.exe -Command {

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess ServiceController:ServiceController) [Restart-Service], ServiceCommandException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RestartServiceCommand

Event Log Entry

error-event (Source: Icinga PowerShell Service, Event ID 0):

Service cannot be started. System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The system cannot find the file specified

at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)

at icinga_service.src.classes.Agent.StartAgent()

at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)

Reason

The icingapowershell service of the Icinga for Windows solution is unable to locate powershell.exe. The service is using powershell.exe natively without any directory configuration and looking up the PATH variable which normally includes a path like C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 which contains the required powershell.exe

Solution

To resolve this issue, ensure that your PATH environment variable is containing a directory which inherits a powershell.exe. By default, this should be C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0.

You can check this by opening a PowerShell by running the following command:

($ENV:Path).Split(';')

If there is no directory listed containing a powershell.exe, you will have to add this path manually. You can either use the UI for this or modify and run the following PowerShell code within an Administrator shell to add a new path permanently to the PATH variable by modifying the registry:

# The variable containing the folder we want to include
$PathDir = 'please enter the path here';

# Read PATH from registry
$CurrentPath = (Get-ItemProperty `
    -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' `
    -Name 'PATH'
).path;

# Add our defined path to the CurrentPath variable
$CurrentPath = [string]::Format('{0};{1}', $CurrentPath, $PathDir);

# Write the modified Path into the registry
Set-ItemProperty `
    -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' `
    -Name 'PATH' `
    -Value $CurrentPath;

Now open a new PowerShell session again and check of the new directory was added:

($ENV:Path).Split(';')

Once the directory is there, restart the icingapowershell service by running

Restart-Service 'icingapowershell'

Now the error should be resolved the the service should be running.

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