skywalking
Windows Monitoring
SkyWalking leverages Prometheus windows_exporter to collect metrics data from the Windows and leverages OpenTelemetry Collector to transfer the metrics to
OpenTelemetry receiver and into the Meter System.
Windows entity as a Service in OAP and on the Layer: OS_WINDOWS.
Data flow
For OpenTelemetry receiver:
- The Prometheus windows_exporter collects metrics data from the VMs.
- The OpenTelemetry Collector fetches metrics from windows_exporter via Prometheus Receiver and pushes metrics to the SkyWalking OAP Server via the OpenCensus gRPC Exporter or OpenTelemetry gRPC exporter.
- The SkyWalking OAP Server parses the expression with MAL to filter/calculate/aggregate and store the results.
Setup
For OpenTelemetry receiver:
- Setup Prometheus windows_exporter.
- Setup OpenTelemetry Collector . This is an example for OpenTelemetry Collector configuration otel-collector-config.yaml.
- Config SkyWalking OpenTelemetry receiver.
Supported Metrics
| Monitoring Panel | Unit | Metric Name | Description | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Usage | % | meter_win_cpu_total_percentage | The total percentage usage of the CPU core. If there are 2 cores, the maximum usage is 200%. | Prometheus windows_exporter |
| Memory RAM Usage | MB | meter_win_memory_used | The total RAM usage | Prometheus windows_exporter |
| Memory Swap Usage | % | meter_win_memory_swap_percentage | The percentage usage of swap memory | Prometheus windows_exporter |
| CPU Average Used | % | meter_win_cpu_average_used | The percentage usage of the CPU core in each mode | Prometheus windows_exporter |
| Memory RAM | MB | meter_win_memory_total meter_win_memory_available meter_win_memory_used |
The RAM statistics, including Total / Available / Used | Prometheus windows_exporter |
| Memory Swap | MB | meter_win_memory_swap_free meter_win_memory_swap_total |
Swap memory statistics, including Free / Total | Prometheus windows_exporter |
| Disk R/W | KB/s | meter_win_disk_read,meter_win_disk_written | The disk read and written | Prometheus windows_exporter |
| Network Bandwidth Usage | KB/s | meter_win_network_receive meter_win_network_transmit |
The network receive and transmit | Prometheus windows_exporter |
Customizing
You can customize your own metrics/expression/dashboard panel.
The metrics definition and expression rules are found in /config/otel-rules/windows.yaml.
The dashboard panel confirmations are found in /config/ui-initialized-templates/os_windows.