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Windows Service Receiver

OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The Windows Service Receiver is a receiver for scraping information about the state of services running on a Windows machine.

  • Component ID: contrib-windowsservicereceiver
  • Name: windowsservicereceiver
  • Type: receiver
  • Distribution: contrib
  • Repository: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Stability

LevelSignals
alphametrics

Metrics

MetricTypeValue typeUnitStabilityEnabledAttributesDescription
windows.service.statusgaugeint{status}developmentyesname (string), startup_mode (string)Gauge value containing service status as an integer value. Gauge values map to service status as follows: 0 - Failed to retrieve service status, 1 - Stopped, 2 - Start Pending, 3 - Stop Pending, 4 - Service Running, 5 - Continue Pending, 6 - Pause Pending, 7 - Service Paused

Attributes

AttributeTypeDescription
namestringThe name of the windows Service being reported.
startup_modestringStartup mode of Windows Service

Data

  • JSON (latest): /data/collector/components/contrib-windowsservicereceiver/latest.json
  • JSON (pinned): /data/collector/components/contrib-windowsservicereceiver/contrib-windowsservicereceiver-cb881d68e7f8.json
  • Explore: /collector/components/contrib/windowsservicereceiver