Running Telegraf as a Windows Service

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Running Telegraf as a Windows Service

Telegraf natively supports running as a Windows Service. Outlined below is are the general steps to set it up.

  1. Obtain the telegraf windows distribution
  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 telegraf.conf 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 (If necessary, you can wrap any spaces in the file paths in double quotes “”):

    > 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
    
  7. To start collecting data, run:

    > net start telegraf
    

Other supported operations

Telegraf can manage its own service through the –service flag:

CommandEffect
telegraf.exe --service installInstall telegraf as a service
telegraf.exe --service uninstallRemove the telegraf service
telegraf.exe --service startStart the telegraf service
telegraf.exe --service stopStop the telegraf service