Want to run Otel collecor agent as Windows services. So downloaded latest windows release package and run the following command to create service and start the service.
> sc.exe create otelcol displayname= otelcol start= delayed-auto
> binPath=
> "C:\Users\admin\otelcol-contrib_0.94.0_windows_386\otelcol-contrib.exe
> --config C:\Users\admin\Core-Otel.yaml" sc.exe start otelcol
but the service is not started and resulted with error on event viewer as
"The otelcol service terminated with the following error: An exception occurred in the service when handling the control request."
Agent version: 0.94.0 OS: Windows 11
Could any one point the right direction to deploy the Otel agent as windows service ?
In the Windows Desktop, event viewer shows as "Incorrect function." in the general tab. But in the details tab, it is showing as "info service@v0.92.0/service.go:177 Everything is ready. Begin running and processing data" and now able to run as windows service.
Command used:
sc.exe create otelcol displayname= otelcol start= delayed-auto
binPath=
\""C:\Users\admin\otelcol-contrib_0.94.0_windows_386\otelcol-contrib.exe\"
--config \"C:\Users\admin\Core-Otel.yaml\""
sc.exe description "Otelcol"
sc.exe start otelcol
Note: Need to use quotes for path if folder name contains spaces.