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Collect Windows data 🔗

The Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector is a package that provides integrated collection and forwarding for all telemetry types of the Windows platform to Splunk Observability Cloud.

Supported versions 🔗

The Collector supports the following Windows versions, depending on the installation method:

Install method

Supported versions (64-bit)

Installer script

Windows 10 Pro and Home, Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022

Windows installer (MSI)

Windows 10 Pro and Home, Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022

Ansible

Windows 10 Pro and Home, Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022

Chef

Windows 10 Pro and Home, Windows Server 2019, 2022

Nomad

Windows 10 Pro and Home, Windows Server 2016, 2019

Puppet

Windows 10 Pro and Home, Windows Server 2016, 2019

Docker

Windows 10 Pro and Home, Windows Server 2019, 2022

Note

PowerShell 3.0 or higher is required.

Install the Collector for Windows 🔗

Splunk Observability Cloud offers a guided setup to install the Collector:

  1. Log in to Splunk Observability Cloud.

  2. Open the Windows guided setup . Optionally, you can navigate to the guided setup on your own:

    1. In the navigation menu, select Data Management, then select + Add Integration to open the Integrate Your Data page.

    2. In the integration filter menu, select All.

    3. Select Windows.

    4. Select Add Connection. The integration guided setup appears.

  3. Follow the steps in the guided setup.

For advanced installation instructions, see Install the Collector for Windows with the installer script.

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