Prometheus NSSM Windows Exporter and Grafana

prometheus.exe --config.file=prometheus.yml

Access is denied.

https://wingetgui.com/apps/Prometheus-WMIExporter?utm_source=chatgpt.com

cd C:\Prometheus

prometheus.exe --config.file=prometheus.yml

http://localhost:9090

  

Download NSSM   

--Correct command

R:\nssm-2.24\win64\nssm.exe install prometheus

Path

C:\Prometheus\prometheus.exe

Startup Dir 

C:\Prometheus

Argument 

--config.file=prometheus.yml

R:\nssm-2.24\win64\nssm.exe install prometheus C:\Prometheus\prometheus.exe --config.file=C:\Prometheus\prometheus.yml

--Final Architecture

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Windows Server

      ↓

Windows Exporter (9182)

      ↓

Prometheus (9090)

      ↓

Grafana (3000)

      ↓

Monitoring Dashboard

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windows_exporter-0.24.0-amd64.msi

2️⃣ Select collectors (recommended)

Enable:

cpu

memory

logical_disk

net

os

service

system

Default port 9182

http://localhost:9182/metrics

Add to Prometheus

scrape_configs:

  - job_name: "windows"

    static_configs:

      - targets: ["192.168.1.10:9182"]

  

Test in Prometheus

Open Prometheus UI and run query:

windows_cpu_time_total   

If you are monitoring multiple Windows servers, install windows_exporter on each server.