Description

Gives OS specific service information and metrics

system^[2] windows^[3]

Source^[4]

Target

Typical platform: Any platform with Windows

Operating system: Microsoft Windows

Prerequisites

Leverages: WMI

Technology and protocols: WMI/WinRM

Variables:

• serviceNames: Regular expression pattern to identify the services to monitor. (default: .*)

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +WindowsService --wmi -u USER

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: win
        connectors: [ +WindowsService ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wmi:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
        variables:
          serviceNames: <VALUE> # Replace with desired value.

Connector Activation Criteria

The Windows - Services (WMI) connector must be selected manually, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The WMI query below to the managed host succeeds:
  • Namespace: root\CIMv2
  • WQL Query: SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem

Metrics