Windows Services (windows.plugin PerflibServices)
Windows Services (windows.plugin PerflibServices) documentationWindows Services
Plugin: windows.plugin Module: PerflibServices
Overview
This collector monitors Windows Services Status and States.
It queries Service Management to get the metrics.
This collector is only supported on the following platforms:
- windows
This collector only supports collecting metrics from a single instance of this integration.
Default Behavior
Auto-Detection
The collector automatically detects all of the metrics, no further configuration is required.
Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
Setup
Prerequisites
No action required.
Configuration
Options
| Option | Description | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| update every | Data collection frequency. | 30 | no |
via File
The configuration file name for this integration is netdata.conf.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the [plugin:windows:PerflibServices] section within that file.
The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:
[section1]
option1 = some value
option2 = some other value
[section2]
option3 = some third value
You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the
Netdata config directory.
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
Examples
There are no configuration examples.
Metrics
Metrics grouped by scope.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
Per Windows Service
These metrics refer to Windows Services.
Labels:
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| service | The service name |
Metrics:
| Metric | Description | Dimensions | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| windows.service_state | Service state | running, stopped, start_pending, stop_pending, continue_pending, pause_pending, paused, unknown | state |
Alerts
There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.
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