Windows machine monitoring with Netdata
This module will monitor one or more Windows machines, using
the windows_exporter.
The module collects metrics from the following collectors:
Installation: please follow the official guide.
Requirements
windows_exporter
version v0.13.0+
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On your Windows
machine download the latest version of the windows_exporter msi
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Install the windows_exporter
with msiexec
and the parameters shown below:
msiexec -i <path-to-msi-file> ENABLED_COLLECTORS=cpu,memory,net,logical_disk,os,system,logon,thermalzone
The msi installer automatically adds and starts a service called windows_exporter
, which listens to port 9182 by
default.
Full installation instructions options can be
found here.
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Verify that the exporter works properly by accessing http://localhost:9182/
Metrics
All metrics have "wmi." prefix.
Metric |
Scope |
Dimensions |
Units |
cpu_utilization_total |
global |
dpc, user, privileged, interrupt |
percentage |
cpu_dpcs |
global |
a dimension per core |
dpcs/s |
cpu_interrupts |
global |
a dimension per core |
interrupts/s |
cpu_utilization |
cpu core |
dpc, user, privileged, interrupt |
percentage |
cpu_cstate |
cpu core |
c1, c2, c3 |
percentage |
memory_utilization |
global |
available, used |
KiB |
memory_page_faults |
global |
page_faults |
events/s |
memory_swap_utilization |
global |
available, used |
KiB |
memory_swap_operations |
global |
read, write |
operations/s |
memory_swap_pages |
global |
read, written |
pages/s |
memory_cached |
global |
cached |
KiB |
memory_cache_faults |
global |
cache_faults |
events/s |
memory_system_pool |
global |
paged, non-paged |
KiB |
net_bandwidth |
network device |
received, sent |
kilobits/s |
net_packets |
network device |
received, sent |
packets/s |
net_errors |
network device |
inbound, outbound |
errors/s |
net_discarded |
network device |
inbound, outbound |
discards/s |
logical_disk_utilization |
logical disk |
free, used |
KiB |
logical_disk_utilization |
logical disk |
read, write |
KiB/s |
logical_disk_operations |
logical disk |
reads, writes |
operations/s |
logical_disk_latency |
logical disk |
read, write |
milliseconds |
os_processes |
global |
processes |
number |
os_users |
global |
users |
users |
os_visible_memory_usage |
global |
free, used |
bytes |
os_paging_files_usage |
global |
free, used |
bytes |
system_threads |
global |
threads |
number |
system_uptime |
global |
time |
seconds |
logon_type_sessions |
global |
system, interactive, network, batch, service, proxy, unlock, network_clear_text, new_credentials, remote_interactive, cached_interactive, cached_remote_interactive, cached_unlock |
seconds |
thermalzone_temperature |
global |
a dimension per thermalzone |
celsius |
Configuration
Edit the go.d/wmi.conf
configuration file using edit-config
from the
Netdata config directory, which is typically at /etc/netdata
.
cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory
sudo ./edit-config go.d/wmi.conf
Needs only url
to windows_exporter
metrics endpoint. Here is an example for 2 instances:
jobs:
- name: win_server1
url: http://203.0.113.10:9182/metrics
- name: win_server2
url: http://203.0.113.11:9182/metrics
For all available options please see
module configuration file.
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot issues with the wmi
collector, run the go.d.plugin
with the debug option enabled. The output should
give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.
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Navigate to the plugins.d
directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
. If that's not the case on
your system, open netdata.conf
and look for the plugins
setting under [directories]
.
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
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Switch to the netdata
user.
sudo -u netdata -s
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Run the go.d.plugin
to debug the collector:
./go.d.plugin -d -m wmi