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This document will guide you through installing the KloudMate Agent on your Windows machine (Windows Server 2016+).

What the Windows Agent Monitors

Section titled “What the Windows Agent Monitors”

Once installed, the Windows Agent collects:

  • Host metrics: CPU, memory, disk, and network usage
  • Service monitoring: Status of critical Windows services (optional, if configured)
  • Windows Event Logs: System, Application, and Security logs
  • Application logs: Logs from installed applications (if configured)
  • Alerts: Configure thresholds for host metrics or service status to notify on critical events
  • Dashboards: Pre-built and custom dashboards to visualize Windows host metrics and logs

This allows you to monitor Windows hosts, troubleshoot issues, and correlate logs with metrics for performance insights.

Accessing Your Data

Section titled “Accessing Your Data”

View all collected data in these KloudMate sections:

1. Infrastructure Monitoring

  • Monitor Windows host metrics (CPU, memory, disk, network)
  • Track service status and host availability
  • Monitor uptime and performance trends

Infrastructure Monitoring

2. Dashboards

  • Use the pre-built Host Metrics – Windows dashboard template to quickly visualize Windows host metrics and logs
  • Build custom dashboards tailored to your host metrics, services, or logs

Creating a Dashboard

3. Log Explorer

  • Access Windows Event Logs (System, Application, Security)
  • Search and filter logs by source, severity, or timestamp
  • Correlate logs with host metrics to troubleshoot performance issue

Log Explorer

Install Agent

Section titled “Install Agent”

Step 1: Navigate to the Settings → Agents section in your KloudMate account.

Step 2: Select Windows from the list of available integrations.

Step 3: Download the Windows executable using the provided link.

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Step 4: After installation completes, enter the API key and Collector Endpoint when prompted.

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Step 5: Run the command under Check service status in PowerShell to verify the service is running.

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Log Integration

Section titled “Log Integration”

By default, the KloudMate Agent collects basic system logs.

To configure custom application logs and enable file-based log monitoring, refer to:

Collect File Logs with KloudMate Agent documentation

This guide explains how to:

  • Configure the file log receiver
  • Add custom log file paths
  • Enable multiline log parsing
  • Validate logs in Log Explorer

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”
  • Open Infrastructure Monitoring to see host metrics and service status
  • Go to Dashboards to visualize host performance and logs
  • Use Log Explorer to investigate Windows Event Logs and application logs
  • Configure alerts for host or service thresholds

Uninstall Agent

Section titled “Uninstall Agent”

Run the following command to uninstall the agent.

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