How to start heka as service in windows 7

[vpriyada]

I have built the windows package for heka. As of now if I start heka using hekad from comamnd prompt heka starts as expected.
How do I start heka as a service in windows?
If i create heka as a service using windows service utility and start the service I get the error "The service did not respond in a timely fashion".
Can any of you share your experiences in running heka as service in windows

[tianlin]

I do it with nssm(https://nssm.cc/)
call nssm.exe install hekad hekad
call nssm.exe set hekad Application "%BIN_DIR%\hekad.exe"
call nssm.exe set hekad AppDirectory "%BIN_DIR%"
call nssm.exe set hekad AppParameters -config="%CONF_DIR%\hekad.toml"
call nssm.exe set hekad AppStopMethodSkip 0
call nssm.exe set hekad AppStopMethodConsole 10000
call nssm.exe set hekad AppStopMethodWindow 1500
call nssm.exe set hekad AppStopMethodThreads 10000
call nssm.exe set hekad AppStdout "%BASE_DIR%\log\hekad.stdout"
call nssm.exe set hekad AppStderr "%BASE_DIR%\log\hekad.stderr"
call nssm.exe start hekad