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10
11 # Windows Services
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13
14 <img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/windows.svg" width="150"/>
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17 Plugin: windows.plugin
18 Module: PerflibServices
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20 <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" />
21
22 ## Overview
23
24 This collector monitors Windows Services Status and States.
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26
27 It queries Service Management to get the metrics.
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30 This collector is only supported on the following platforms:
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32 - windows
33
34 This collector only supports collecting metrics from a single instance of this integration.
35
36
37 ### Default Behavior
38
39 #### Auto-Detection
40
41 The collector automatically detects all of the metrics, no further configuration is required.
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43
44 #### Limits
45
46 The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
47
48 #### Performance Impact
49
50 The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
51
52 ## Setup
53
54
55 ### Prerequisites
56
57 No action required.
58
59 ### Configuration
60
61 #### Options
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67 | Option | Description | Default | Required |
68 |:-----|:------------|:--------|:---------:|
69 | update every | Data collection frequency. | 30 | no |
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73
74 #### via File
75
76 The configuration file name for this integration is `netdata.conf`.
77 Configuration for this specific integration is located in the `[plugin:windows:PerflibServices]` section within that file.
78
79 The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:
80
81 ```ini
82 [section1]
83 option1 = some value
84 option2 = some other value
85
86 [section2]
87 option3 = some third value
88 ```
89 You can edit the configuration file using the [`edit-config`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#edit-configuration-files) script from the
90 Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#locate-your-config-directory).
91
92 ```bash
93 cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
94 sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
95 ```
96
97 ##### Examples
98 There are no configuration examples.
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100
101
102 ## Alerts
103
104 There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.
105
106
107 ## Metrics
108
109 Metrics grouped by *scope*.
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111 The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
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114
115 ### Per Windows Service
116
117 These metrics refer to Windows Services.
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119 Labels:
120
121 | Label | Description |
122 |:-----------|:----------------|
123 | service | The service name |
124
125 Metrics:
126
127 | Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
128 |:------|:----------|:----|
129 | windows.service_state | running, stopped, start_pending, stop_pending, continue_pending, pause_pending, paused, unknown | state |
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