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Deprecation notice

Collection of event log channels is now part of core New Relic Infrastructure Agent: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/logs/enable-log-management-new-relic/enable-log-monitoring-new-relic/forward-your-logs-using-infrastructure-agent#winlog

Windows Event Log Integration

  • Pipes Windows PowerShell Get-EventLog entries to Insights.
  • LogName configurable through Infrastructure definition and config files.

Disclaimer

New Relic has open-sourced this integration to enable monitoring of this technology. This integration is provided AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR SUPPORT, although you can report issues and contribute to this integration via GitHub. Support for this integration is available with an Expert Services subscription.

Instructions

  1. Copy .zip from Releases to host
  2. Unzip files
  3. Copy infra-windows-logs-config.yml to C:\Program Files\New Relic\newrelic-infra\integrations.d
  4. Copy the remaining files to C:\Program Files\New Relic\newrelic-infra\custom-integrations
    1. infra-windows-logs-definition.yml
    2. infra-windows-logs.bat
    3. infra-windows-logs.ps1
  5. Run: net stop newrelic-infra
  6. Run: net start newrelic-infra

Events are sent to the Windows Event Logs Event Type

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