aws / aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent

[Feature Request] Add support for "inputs.win_services"

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enhancement os/windows
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Description

Hello,

Telegraf supports monitoring the status (running, stopped etc.) of windows services through their "inputs.win_services"-plugin:
https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/release-1.16/plugins/inputs/win_services
Since CWA is based on Telegraf I wonder if this can be supported by CWA as well?

It would be really helpful to send the status of windows services as metrics to CW using CWA to further integrate against various AWS-services. This can of course be accomplished by sending custom metrics to CW by scripting it but would be great to have it natively in CWA especially since it already seems to be supported by Telegraf.

Any idea if this is on the roadmap and if so if there is an ETA on it?

Best Regards

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the referenced Telegraf plugins/inputs/win_services implementation and the CloudWatch Agent's existing input integrations. Determine how Windows service states should be represented as CloudWatch metrics, which configuration and collection entry points are involved, and what tests would establish complete support.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
observability-sre, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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