Windows exporter service is not exporting textfile_inputs

Question

I have several machines(windows7,8,10,11) with windows exporter( I Use also textfile_inputs folder with a.prom file to export some variables too in order to see them using prometheus metrics).

The windows exporter is run as a service. Everything its working as expected on windows 7,8 but on windows 10/11 its not seing the variables found in textfile_inputs/.prom file ( even if they are the same like on Windows 7,8).

If i will run it manually via windows_exporter.exe( not as a service it will open the GUI exe and the.prom metrics will be exported( to Prometheus).**BUT IF I WILL RUN IT AS SERVICE ( LIKE ON THE OTHER MACHINES IT WILL NOT SEE THEM..)**Had to mention that when firewall pop up appeared i give access to every.network.

I need to run it as a service on all machines....did some one had problems in this direction?

Answer 1

The problem was solved by modifying the service register ( service name windows_exporter)->

imagepath -> "C:\Program Files\windows_exporter\windows_exporter.exe" --log.format logger:eventlog?name=windows_exporter --collectors.enabled cpu,logical_disk,os,service, textfile

By adding the textfile param What I found quite strange is that I never had to do this in the previous versions..