Logfiles when running as a Windows service

[xgcssch]

vector 0.11.1 (v0.11.1 x86_64-pc-windows-msvc 2020-12-17)

Hi!

Is there a way to get the output of vector when running as a Windows service?
Otherwise it is a little bit like wandering in the dark.

Cheers
Sönke

[jszwedko]

This I'm not sure about. Maybe @oktal has thoughts? They introduced the windows service support in #2896

[JeanMertz]

It does appear that any logs sent to stdout are effectively ending up in /dev/null when running a program as a Windows service (ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20523480/windows-service-output).

Having said that, whatever is sent to stdout is also accessible as a regular internal_events source in Vector, so you can hook into that source, and then use the file sink to store the logs in a file, or use any of the other sinks to route the internal Vector events to your desired destination.