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Add state metric to windows services
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Changelog
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Validate metadata
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Rename to ServiceAssertion
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions windows_service/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Beginning with Agent version 7.73, the check automatically adds a `windows_servi

See [metadata.csv][19] for a list of metrics provided by this integration.

**Note:** Metrics are tagged with the same tags as the service check.

### Events

The Windows Service check does not include any events.
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Add state metric to windows services
5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions windows_service/datadog_checks/windows_service/windows_service.py
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Expand Up @@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ def check(self, instance):
self.service_check(self.SERVICE_CHECK_NAME, status, tags=tags)
self.log.debug('service state for %s %s', service_name, status)
self.gauge('windows_service.uptime', service_uptime, tags=tags)
# Send 1 for windows_service.state so the user can sum by the windows_service_state tag
# to filter services by state. e.g. sum:windows_service.state{*} by windows_service_state
self.gauge('windows_service.state', 1, tags=tags)

if 'ALL' not in services:
for service in services_unseen:
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self.service_check(self.SERVICE_CHECK_NAME, status, tags=tags)
self.log.debug('service state for %s %s', service, status)
self.gauge('windows_service.uptime', 0, tags=tags)
self.gauge('windows_service.state', 1, tags=tags)
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion windows_service/metadata.csv
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metric_name,metric_type,interval,unit_name,per_unit_name,description,orientation,integration,short_name,curated_metric,sample_tags
windows_service.uptime,gauge,,second,,The uptime (in seconds) of the host process of the Windows service,0,windows_service,uptime,,
windows_service.state,gauge,,service,,Sum by state to count the number of services in each state,0,windows_service,state,,
windows_service.uptime,gauge,,second,,The uptime (in seconds) of the host process of the Windows service,0,windows_service,uptime,,
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