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# Running Telegraf as a Windows Service
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If you have tried to install Go binaries as Windows Services with the **sc.exe**
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tool you may have seen that the service errors and stops running after a while.
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**NSSM** (the Non-Sucking Service Manager) is a tool that helps you in a
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[number of scenarios](http://nssm.cc/scenarios) including running Go binaries
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that were not specifically designed to run only in Windows platforms.
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## NSSM Installation via Chocolatey
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You can install [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) and [NSSM](http://nssm.cc/)
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with these commands
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```powershell
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iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
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choco install -y nssm
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```
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## Installing Telegraf as a Windows Service with NSSM
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You can download the latest Telegraf Windows binaries (still Experimental at
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the moment) from [the Telegraf Github repo](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf).
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Then you can create a C:\telegraf folder, unzip the binary there and modify the
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**telegraf.conf** sample to allocate the metrics you want to send to **InfluxDB**.
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Once you have NSSM installed in your system, the process is quite straightforward.
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You only need to type this command in your Windows shell
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```powershell
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nssm install Telegraf c:\telegraf\telegraf.exe -config c:\telegraf\telegraf.config
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```
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And now your service will be installed in Windows and you will be able to start and
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stop it gracefully |