diff --git a/cmd/windows_exporter/0_service.go b/cmd/windows_exporter/0_service.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b51d0547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/windows_exporter/0_service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "os"
+
+ "golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+ "golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc"
+ "golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc/eventlog"
+)
+
+const serviceName = "windows_exporter"
+
+//nolint:gochecknoglobals
+var (
+ // exitCodeCh is a channel to send an exit code from the main function to the service manager.
+ // Additionally, if there is an error in the IsService var declaration,
+ // the exit code is sent to the service manager as well.
+ exitCodeCh = make(chan int, 1)
+
+ // stopCh is a channel to send a signal to the service manager that the service is stopping.
+ stopCh = make(chan struct{})
+)
+
+// IsService variable declaration allows initiating time-sensitive components like registering the Windows service
+// as early as possible in the startup process.
+// init functions are called in the order they are declared, so this package should be imported first.
+//
+// Ref: https://github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/issues/551#issuecomment-1220774835
+//
+// Declare imports on this package should be avoided where possible.
+// var declaration run before init function, so it guarantees that windows_exporter respond to service manager early
+// and avoid timeout.
+// The order of the var declaration and init functions depends on the filename as well. The filename should be 0_service.go
+// Ref: https://medium.com/@markbates/go-init-order-dafa89fcef22
+//
+//nolint:gochecknoglobals
+var IsService = func() bool {
+ defer func() {
+ go func() {
+ err := svc.Run(serviceName, &windowsExporterService{})
+ if err == nil {
+ return
+ }
+
+ _ = logToEventToLog(windows.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE, fmt.Sprintf("failed to start service: %v", err))
+ }()
+ }()
+
+ var err error
+
+ isService, err := svc.IsWindowsService()
+ if err != nil {
+ _ = logToEventToLog(windows.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE, fmt.Sprintf("failed to detect service: %v", err))
+
+ exitCodeCh <- 1
+ }
+
+ if !isService {
+ return false
+ }
+
+ if err := logToEventToLog(windows.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE, "attempting to start exporter service"); err != nil {
+ //nolint:gosec
+ _ = os.WriteFile("C:\\Program Files\\windows_exporter\\start-service.error.log", []byte(fmt.Sprintf("failed sent log to event log: %v", err)), 0o644)
+
+ exitCodeCh <- 2
+ }
+
+ return true
+}()
+
+type windowsExporterService struct{}
+
+// Execute is the entry point for the Windows service manager.
+func (s *windowsExporterService) Execute(_ []string, r <-chan svc.ChangeRequest, changes chan<- svc.Status) (bool, uint32) {
+ changes <- svc.Status{State: svc.StartPending}
+ changes <- svc.Status{State: svc.Running, Accepts: svc.AcceptStop | svc.AcceptShutdown}
+
+ for {
+ select {
+ case exitCodeCh := <-exitCodeCh:
+ // Stop the service if an exit code from the main function is received.
+ changes <- svc.Status{State: svc.StopPending}
+
+ return true, uint32(exitCodeCh)
+ case c := <-r:
+ // Handle the service control request.
+ switch c.Cmd {
+ case svc.Interrogate:
+ changes <- c.CurrentStatus
+ case svc.Stop, svc.Shutdown:
+ // Stop the service if a stop or shutdown request is received.
+ _ = logToEventToLog(windows.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE, "service stop received")
+
+ changes <- svc.Status{State: svc.StopPending}
+
+ // Send a signal to the main function to stop the service.
+ stopCh <- struct{}{}
+
+ // Wait for the main function to stop the service.
+ return false, uint32(<-exitCodeCh)
+ default:
+ _ = logToEventToLog(windows.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE, fmt.Sprintf("unexpected control request #%d", c))
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// logToEventToLog logs a message to the Windows event log.
+func logToEventToLog(eType uint16, msg string) error {
+ eventLog, err := eventlog.Open("windows_exporter")
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("failed to open event log: %w", err)
+ }
+ defer func(eventLog *eventlog.Log) {
+ _ = eventLog.Close()
+ }(eventLog)
+
+ p, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(msg)
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("error convert string to UTF-16: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ zero := uint16(0)
+ ss := []*uint16{p, &zero, &zero, &zero, &zero, &zero, &zero, &zero, &zero}
+
+ err = windows.ReportEvent(eventLog.Handle, eType, 0, 3299, 0, 9, 0, &ss[0], nil)
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("error report event: %w", err)
+ }
+
+ return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go b/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
index d9537a42b..f4e8ea1d1 100644
--- a/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@
package main
-//goland:noinspection GoUnsortedImport
-//nolint:gofumpt
import (
- // Its important that we do these first so that we can register with the Windows service control ASAP to avoid timeouts.
- "github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/windowsservice"
-
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
@@ -55,14 +50,14 @@ func main() {
exitCode := run()
// If we are running as a service, we need to signal the service control manager that we are done.
- if !windowsservice.IsService {
+ if !IsService {
os.Exit(exitCode)
}
- windowsservice.ExitCodeCh <- exitCode
+ exitCodeCh <- exitCode
// Wait for the service control manager to signal that we are done.
- <-windowsservice.StopCh
+ <-stopCh
}
func run() int {
@@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ func run() int {
logFile := &log.AllowedFile{}
_ = logFile.Set("stdout")
- if windowsservice.IsService {
+ if IsService {
_ = logFile.Set("eventlog")
}
@@ -276,7 +271,7 @@ func run() int {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
logger.Info("Shutting down windows_exporter via kill signal")
- case <-windowsservice.StopCh:
+ case <-stopCh:
logger.Info("Shutting down windows_exporter via service control")
case err := <-errCh:
if err != nil {
diff --git a/installer/files.wxs b/installer/files.wxs
index 64df8d9f3..d2a361037 100644
--- a/installer/files.wxs
+++ b/installer/files.wxs
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@
ErrorControl="normal"
Start="auto"
Type="ownProcess"
+ Interactive="no"
Vital="yes"
Arguments="[ConfigFileFlag] [CollectorsFlag] [ListenFlag] [MetricsPathFlag] [TextfileDirsFlag] [ExtraFlags]">
+