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title: Running Telegraf as a Windows service
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description: How to configure Telegraf as a Windows service.
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menu:
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telegraf_1_13:
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name: Running as Windows service
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weight: 20
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parent: Administration
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---
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# Running Telegraf as a Windows service
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Telegraf natively supports running as a Windows service. Outlined below are
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the general steps to set it up.
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1. Obtain the Telegraf distribution for Windows.
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2. Create the directory `C:\Program Files\Telegraf` (if you install in a different location, specify the `-config` parameter with the desired location)
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3. Place the `telegraf.exe` and the `telegraf.conf` files into `C:\Program Files\Telegraf`.
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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 directories in double quotes `"<file directory>"`:
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```
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> C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --service install
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```
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5. Edit the configuration file to meet your requirements.
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6. To verify that it works, run:
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```
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> C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --config C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.conf --test
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```
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7. To start collecting data, run:
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```
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> net start telegraf
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```
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## Other supported operations
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Telegraf can manage its own service through the `--service` flag:
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| Command | Effect |
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|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| `telegraf.exe --service install` | Install telegraf as a service |
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| `telegraf.exe --service uninstall` | Remove the telegraf service |
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| `telegraf.exe --service start` | Start the telegraf service |
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| `telegraf.exe --service stop` | Stop the telegraf service |
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