Install Core Agent on Windows - Chronosphere Documentation

This information is for Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, which is a standalone product separate from Chronosphere Observability Platform.

This feature isn’t available to all Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline users. For more information, contact Chronosphere Support.

In Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, you can use fleets to manage instances of Core Agent. Use this guide to install Core Agent on Windows.

Not all input and output plugins are supported on Windows. For a list of supported plugins, see the Fluent Bit CMake configuration file.

Supported environments

Core Agent supports the following Windows versions and architectures:

Version	Architectures
Windows Server 2019	x86, x86-64
Windows 10 1903	x86, x86-64
Windows Server 2016	x86-64
Windows Server 2012 R2	x86-64

Dependencies

For Windows installations, Core Agent has the following general dependencies:

libc
libsasl
libsystemd
libyaml
OpenSSL
zlib

Install from a ZIP archive

Use these steps to install Core Agent from a ZIP archive.

Download a ZIP archive of the latest version of Core Agent. Choose either the 32-bit or 64-bit archive, depending on your environment.
Extract the contents of the ZIP archive.
In PowerShell, navigate to the root folder of the extracted files, and then run the following command:
.\bin\calyptia-fluent-bit.exe -i dummy -o stdout

Install from an EXE or MSI installer

Use these steps to install Core Agent from an EXE or MSI installer.

Download an EXE or MSI installer for the latest version of Core Agent.
Open the installer that you downloaded. This launches the installation wizard.
Click Next to proceed. By default, Core Agent is installed to the C:\Program Files\calyptia-fluent-bit\ directory.

In PowerShell, run the following command:

& "C:\Program Files\fluent-bit\bin\fluent-bit.exe" -i dummy -o stdout

Windows service support

Windows services are long-running background processes, similar to Unix daemons. You can run Core Agent as a Windows service.

Register Core Agent as a service

For example, given the following installation layout:

C:\calyptia-fluent-bit\
├── conf
│   ├── calyptia-fluent-bit.conf
│   └── parsers.conf
│   └── plugins.conf
└── bin
    ├── calyptia-fluent-bit.dll
    └── calyptia-fluent-bit.exe
    └── calyptia-fluent-bit.pdb

You can register Core Agent as a Windows service by running the following command:

% sc.exe create fluent-bit binpath= "C:\Program Files\calyptia-fluent-bit\bin\calyptia-fluent-bit.exe -c C:\Program Files\calyptia-fluent-bit\conf\calyptia-fluent-bit.conf"

Start the Core Agent service

To start the Core Agent service, run the following command:

% sc.exe start calyptia-fluent-bit

Auto-start the Core Agent service

To configure the Core Agent service to automatically start on boot, run the following command:

% sc.exe config calyptia-fluent-bit start= auto

Stop the Core Agent service

To stop the Core Agent service, run the following command:

% sc.exe stop calyptia-fluent-bit

​Supported environments

​Dependencies

​Install from a ZIP archive

​Install from an EXE or MSI installer

​Windows service support

​Register Core Agent as a service

​Start the Core Agent service

​Auto-start the Core Agent service

​Stop the Core Agent service

Supported environments

Dependencies

Install from a ZIP archive

Install from an EXE or MSI installer

Windows service support

Register Core Agent as a service

Start the Core Agent service

Auto-start the Core Agent service

Stop the Core Agent service