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Add ability to define a custom service name when installing as a Windows service (#4753)

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Lee Jaeyong 2018-09-28 10:41:24 +09:00 committed by Daniel Nelson
parent 008ee617cb
commit 6b7d64f1d6
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cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
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@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var fUsage = flag.String("usage", "",
"print usage for a plugin, ie, 'telegraf --usage mysql'")
var fService = flag.String("service", "",
"operate on the service (windows only)")
var fServiceName = flag.String("service-name", "telegraf", "service name (windows only)")
var fRunAsConsole = flag.Bool("console", false, "run as console application (windows only)")
var (
@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ func main() {
if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && !(*fRunAsConsole) {
svcConfig := &service.Config{
Name: "telegraf",
Name: *fServiceName,
DisplayName: "Telegraf Data Collector Service",
Description: "Collects data using a series of plugins and publishes it to" +
"another series of plugins.",

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docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md
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@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ Telegraf can manage its own service through the --service flag:
| `telegraf.exe --service start` | Start the telegraf service |
| `telegraf.exe --service stop` | Stop the telegraf service |
## Install multiple services
You can install multiple telegraf instances with --service-name flag:
```
> C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --service install --service-name telegraf-1
> C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --service install --service-name telegraf-2
> C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --service uninstall --service-name telegraf-1
```
Troubleshooting common error #1067
When installing as service in Windows, always double check to specify full path of the config file, otherwise windows service will fail to start

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internal/usage_windows.go
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@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ The commands & flags are:
--console run as console application (windows only)
--service <service> operate on the service (windows only)
--service-name service name (windows only)
Examples:
@ -59,4 +60,7 @@ Examples:
# install telegraf service
telegraf --service install --config "C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.conf"
# install telegraf service with custom name
telegraf --service install --service-name=my-telegraf
`