Datadog – Monitoring windows services

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Pre-requisites

  • Datadog Agent has been installed and configured.
  • Access the Datadog Agent Manager / configure

Enable windows services in datadog

1. Under Checks / Manage Checks / Add a Check, select windows_service.d/conf.yaml

2. Add the windows services to be monitored

  - services:
      - XMPServiceCloudGateway
      - XMPServiceCOPY
      - XMPServiceDSTL
      - XMPServiceEmail
      - XMPServiceFTP
      - XMPServiceHTML
      - XMPServiceICPAsynch
      - XMPServiceICP
      - XMPServiceIMPOS
      - XMPServiceINDD
      - XMPServiceJDF
      - XMPServiceJOBREPORT
      - XMPServiceSCHEDULER
      - XMPServiceMERGEOUTPUT
      - XMPServicePRINT
      - XMPServicePROOFSET
      - XMPServiceQueueMgr
      - XMPServiceRIP2Image
      - XMPServiceTRACKING
      - XMPServiceTracking2Cloud
      - XMPServiceVIPP
      - XMPServiceXLIM
      - XMPServiceZIP
      - W32Time
      - W3SVC
      - MSMQ
      - Schedule

3. Restart the Agent

Create Windows service monitor

Go to Monitors / New Monitor / Service Check

  • Integration Monitor
"windows_service.state".over("windows_service:schedule").by("host","name","region","windows_service").last(3).count_by_status()
  • Service Check: windows_service.state
  • Monitor scope: windows_service:xmpserviceimpos
  • Set alert conditions: trigger separate alert for: host, name, region and windows_service
  • Notification of monitor name, monitor message and recipients:
    • [XMPie] xmpserviceimpos service status on {{host.name}} | {{region.name}}

{{#is_alert}} The “xmpserviceimpos” service is stopped on {{host.name}} | {{name.name}} in {{region.name}} {{/is_alert}}
{{#is_recovery}} The xmpserviceimpos service is now running on {{host.name}} | {{name.name}} {{/is_recovery}}
@myAlert

  • Define Priority and Tags
  • Define permissions and audit notifications
Category: Datadog