From c554fe36253b603639b472f395f140208af77de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cameron Sparr Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 08:50:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Update to WINDOWS_SERVICE.md" (#1664) --- docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md b/docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md index b933df421..0ef218350 100644 --- a/docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md +++ b/docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md @@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ the general steps to set it up. 2. Create the directory `C:\Program Files\Telegraf` (if you install in a different location simply specify the `-config` parameter with the desired location) 3. Place the telegraf.exe and the config file into `C:\Program Files\Telegraf` -4. To install the service into the Windows Service Manager, run the following in PowerShell as an - administrator (You can wrap any spaces in the files paths in double quotes ""): +4. To install the service into the Windows Service Manager, run (as an + administrator): ``` - > C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --service install + > C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --service install ``` 5. Edit the configuration file to meet your needs 6. To check that it works, run: ``` - > C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --config C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.conf --test + > C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --config C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.conf --test ``` 7. To start collecting data, run: