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46 lines
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# Running Telegraf as a Windows Service
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Telegraf natively supports running as a Windows Service. Outlined below is are
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the general steps to set it up.
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1. Obtain the telegraf windows distribution
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2. Create the directory `C:\Program Files\Telegraf` (if you install in a different
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location simply specify the `-config` parameter with the desired location)
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3. Place the telegraf.exe and the telegraf.conf config file into `C:\Program Files\Telegraf`
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4. To install the service into the Windows Service Manager, run the following in PowerShell as an administrator (If necessary, you can wrap any spaces in the file paths in double quotes ""):
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```
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> C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --service install
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```
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5. Edit the configuration file to meet your needs
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6. To check that it works, run:
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```
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> C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --config C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.conf --test
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```
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7. To start collecting data, run:
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```
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> net start telegraf
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```
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## Other supported operations
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Telegraf can manage its own service through the --service flag:
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| Command | Effect |
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| `telegraf.exe --service install` | Install telegraf as a service |
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| `telegraf.exe --service uninstall` | Remove the telegraf service |
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| `telegraf.exe --service start` | Start the telegraf service |
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| `telegraf.exe --service stop` | Stop the telegraf service |
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Trobleshooting common error #1067
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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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--config C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.conf
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