Windows

Install the KloudMate Agent on Windows (Windows Server 2016+).

If your outbound traffic is restricted, see Before you start for the URLs and permissions to allow first.

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

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 issues

Log Explorer

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.

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

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

Silent install

To install without prompts (for Intune, Group Policy, or a configuration-management tool), pass the API key and endpoint as parameters alongside the silent flags. Run it from an elevated (Administrator) prompt.

.\kmagent-setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /APIKEY=YOUR_API_KEY /ENDPOINT=https://otel.kloudmate.com:4318

/APIKEY= sets your workspace API key. Required.
/ENDPOINT= sets the collector endpoint. Optional; defaults to https://otel.kloudmate.com:4318. Use your workspace’s endpoint from Settings → Agents.
/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART suppress the wizard, dialog prompts, and reboot.

The service installs and starts the same as the interactive install. Replace kmagent-setup.exe with the file you downloaded.

Log Integration

By default, the KloudMate Agent collects basic system logs (the Windows Event Log).

To collect your own application log files, use log monitoring. In the agent’s Logs tab, point the agent at a folder and file-name pattern, then choose how to parse each line: plain text, JSON, or a regular expression. Multiline grouping, for stack traces or pretty-printed JSON, works on top of any format. You can preview the parsed records before you save. See Log monitoring.

Log monitoring can also collect additional Windows Event Log channels and read log-source files placed in C:\ProgramData\kmagent\logs.d. See Windows Event Log channels and Local file sources.

For a hand-written filelog receiver in manual mode, see Collect File Logs with KloudMate Agent.

Configuration and next checks

The agent installs as a Windows service running as Local System. It needs that privilege level to read Internet Information Services (IIS) configuration and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). New agents start in managed mode. See the configuration model.

Host metrics and the Windows Event Log start flowing automatically. See Host metrics and logs.
eBPF does not apply on Windows. The agent gives you equivalent monitoring through Event Tracing for Windows (ETW). See Windows platform notes.
To add distributed tracing to .NET applications, see .NET application APM.

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

Run the following command to uninstall the agent.