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[[metricbeat-module-windows]]
== Windows module

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This is the Windows module. It collects metrics from Windows systems,
by default metricset `service` is enabled.


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=== Example configuration

The Windows module supports the standard configuration options that are described
in <<configuration-metricbeat>>. Here is an example configuration:

[source,yaml]
----
metricbeat.modules:
- module: windows
  metricsets: ["perfmon"]
  enabled: true
  period: 10s
  perfmon.ignore_non_existent_counters: true
  perfmon.counters:
  #  - instance_label: processor.name
  #    instance_name: total
  #    measurement_label: processor.time.total.pct
  #    query: '\Processor Information(_Total)\% Processor Time'

- module: windows
  metricsets: ["service"]
  enabled: true
  period: 60s
----

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=== Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:

* <<metricbeat-metricset-windows-perfmon,perfmon>>

* <<metricbeat-metricset-windows-service,service>>

include::windows/perfmon.asciidoc[]

include::windows/service.asciidoc[]