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Windows Installer Script

For Windows 64-bit environments, an installer script is available. The script deploys and configures:

Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector for Windows
Fluentd (via the TD Agent)

Currently, the following Windows versions are supported and requires PowerShell 3.0 or newer:

Windows Server 2012 64-bit
Windows Server 2016 64-bit
Windows Server 2019 64-bit
Windows Server 2022 64-bit

Getting Started

Run the below PowerShell command on your host. Replace these variables:

SPLUNK_REALM: Which realm to send the data to (for example: us0)
SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN: Access token to authenticate requests

& {Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; $script = ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://dl.signalfx.com/splunk-otel-collector.ps1')); $params = @{access_token = "SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN"; realm = "SPLUNK_REALM"}; Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([scriptblock]::Create(". {$script} $(&{$args} @params)"))}

You can view the source for more details and available options.

Advanced Configuration

For general advanced configuration and usage see the manual installation documentation. Advanced installer script usage is detailed in this section.

Additional Script Options

One additional parameter that may need to changed is -memory in order to configure the memory allocation.

By default, this variable is set to 512. If you have allocated more memory to the Collector then you must increase this setting.

Replace the SPLUNK_MEMORY_TOTAL_MIB variable with the desired value.

& {Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; $script = ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://dl.signalfx.com/splunk-otel-collector.ps1')); $params = @{access_token = "SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN"; realm = "SPLUNK_REALM"; memory = "SPLUNK_MEMORY_TOTAL_MIB"}; Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([scriptblock]::Create(". {$script} $(&{$args} @params)"))}

Custom MSI URLs

By default, the Collector MSI is downloaded from https://dl.signalfx.com and the Fluentd MSI is downloaded from https://packages.treasuredata.com. To specify custom URLs for these downloads, use the collector_msi_url and fluentd_msi_url options.

Replace COLLECTOR_MSI_URL and FLUENTD_MSI_URL with the URLs to the desired MSI packages to install, e.g. https://my.host/splunk-otel-collector-1.2.3-amd64.msi and https://my.host/td-agent-4.1.0-x64.msi.

& {Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; $script = ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://dl.signalfx.com/splunk-otel-collector.ps1')); $params = @{access_token = "SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN"; realm = "SPLUNK_REALM"; collector_msi_url = "COLLECTOR_MSI_URL"; fluentd_msi_url = "FLUENTD_MSI_URL"}; Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([scriptblock]::Create(". {$script} $(&{$args} @params)"))}

Collector Configuration

The Collector comes with a default configuration which can be found at \ProgramData\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\agent_config.yaml. This configuration can be modified as needed. Possible configuration options can be found in the receivers, processors, exporters, and extensions folders of either:

Based on the specified installation parameters, the following environment variables will be saved to the HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment registry key and passed to the Collector service:

SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN: The Splunk access token to authenticate requests
SPLUNK_API_URL: The Splunk API URL, e.g. https://api.us0.signalfx.com
SPLUNK_BUNDLE_DIR: The location of your Smart Agent bundle for monitor functionality, e.g. C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\agent-bundle
SPLUNK_CONFIG: The path to the Collector config file, e.g. C:\ProgramData\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\agent_config.yaml
SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN: The Splunk HEC authentication token
SPLUNK_HEC_URL: The Splunk HEC endpoint URL, e.g. https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com/v1/log
SPLUNK_INGEST_URL: The Splunk ingest URL, e.g. https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com
SPLUNK_MEMORY_TOTAL_MIB: Total memory in MiB allocated to the Collector, e.g. 512
SPLUNK_REALM: The Splunk realm to send the data to, e.g. us0
SPLUNK_TRACE_URL: The Splunk trace endpoint URL, e.g. https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com/v2/trace

To modify these values, run regdit and browse to the path, or run the following PowerShell command (replace ENV_VAR and VALUE for the desired environment variable and value):

Set-ItemProperty -path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" -name "ENV_VAR" -value "VALUE"

To add or remove command line options for the splunk-otel-collector service, run regedit and modify the ImagePath value in the HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\splunk-otel-collector registry key, or run the following PowerShell command (replace OPTIONS with the desired command line options):

Set-ItemProperty -path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\splunk-otel-collector" -name "ImagePath" -value "C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\otelcol.exe OPTIONS"

For example, to change the default exposed metrics address of the Collector to 0.0.0.0:9090, run the following PowerShell command:

Set-ItemProperty -path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\splunk-otel-collector" -name "ImagePath" -value "C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\otelcol.exe --metrics-addr 0.0.0.0:9090"

To see all available command line options, run the following PowerShell command:

& 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\otelcol.exe' --help

After modifying the configuration file or registry key, apply the changes by restarting the system or running the following PowerShell commands:

Stop-Service splunk-otel-collector
Start-Service splunk-otel-collector

Command Line Operation

After successful installation with the installer script, the Collector is automatically started as a Windows service. However, if you need to start the Collector manually via the command line, run the following PowerShell commands as Administrator:

Stop the Collector service to avoid conflicts:
```
Stop-Service splunk-otel-collector
```

Check the available command line options:

& 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\otelcol.exe' --help

Environment variables are automatically defined within the Windows registry by the installer script based on the specified and default installation parameter values. These environment variables are utilized by the Collector and configuration files. To check these environment variables, run:
```
dir env: | Select-Object -Property Name,Value | Where-object -Property Name -Like "SPLUNK_*"
```
To temporarily change any of these environment variables within the current PowerShell session, run the following command for the desired variable and value. For example, the SPLUNK_CONFIG environment variable can be changed to a new configuration file path with:
```
$env:SPLUNK_CONFIG = "C:\my\custom\config.yaml"
```
To permanently change these environment variables in the Windows registry, see Collector Configuration and restart the system for the changes to take effect.

Start the Collector:

With the configuration file defined by the SPLUNK_CONFIG environment variable:
```
& 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\otelcol.exe'
```

With a custom configuration file via command line:

& 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\otelcol.exe' --config 'C:\my\custom\config.yaml'

Press Ctrl-C to stop the Collector.

Fluentd Configuration

By default, the Fluentd service will be installed and configured to forward log events with the @SPLUNK label to the Collector (see below for how to add custom Fluentd log sources), and the Collector will send these events to the HEC ingest endpoint determined by the -realm SPLUNK_REALM option, e.g. https://ingest.SPLUNK_REALM.signalfx.com/v1/log.

To configure the Collector to send log events to a custom HEC endpoint URL, you can specify the following parameters for the installer script:

-hec_url URL
-hec_token TOKEN

The main Fluentd configuration file will be installed to \opt\td-agent\etc\td-agent\td-agent.conf. Custom Fluentd source config files can be added to the \opt\td-agent\etc\td-agent\conf.d directory after installation. Please note:

By default, Fluentd will be configured to collect from the Windows Event Log. See \opt\td-agent\etc\td-agent\conf.d\eventlog.conf for the default configuration.
Any new source added to this directory should have a .conf extension and have the @SPLUNK label to automatically forward log events to the Collector.
All files with a .conf extension in this directory will automatically be included when the Fluentd service starts/restarts.
After any configuration modification, apply the changes by restarting the system or running the following PowerShell commands:
```
Stop-Service fluentdwinsvc
Start-Service fluentdwinsvc
```
The Fluentd service logs and errors can be viewed in \opt\td-agent\td-agent.log.
See https://docs.fluentd.org/configuration for general Fluentd configuration details.

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