[Feature] Windows Exporter

[allyford]

AKS will enable windows_exporter which will enable users to access windows metrics by default through Prometheus.

[PixelRobots]

Will this also write windows metrics to the container insights log analytics workspace?

[k-koleda]

any update or estimate?

[lippertmarkus]

FYI: there's a community helm chart for windows exporter now prometheus-community/helm-charts#3476 and the kube-prometheus-stack chart will soon be able to deploy windows-exporter and windows-specific dashboards and rules: prometheus-community/helm-charts#3083

[PixelRobots]

If you check the Microsoft Docs, they have a supported way to enable windows metric collection using managed Prometheus. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-Us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/prometheus-metrics-enable?tabs=azure-portal#enable-windows-metrics-collection

I would love to see the metrics addon automatically apply the Daemon set going forward though.

[davidbIQ]

I had it working until we updated a cluster it was good in 1.23 and I'm digging again (updated to 1.26):
note the 2 links at the top, it's basically where I pulled it from and added a few toleration that were needed

From: https://github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/tree/master/kubernetes
Also found: https://github.com/Azure/prometheus-collector/tree/main/internal/windowsExporterInstaller

I had to add

      priorityClassName: cluster-admin-priority  #something to set prioritization to 1000000
      tolerations:   # to tell it windows nodes only
      - effect: NoSchedule
        key: os
        operator: Equal
        value: windows

[kishorerv25]

is there support on routing this metrics to Loganalytics workspace as well ?
We have tried deploying windows exporter daemon set , but its not writing under respective metrics table of loganalytics workspace.

[allyford]

Windows Exporter release will be upcoming in summer 2024. Windows node pools will have windows exporter installed by default, similar to how linux nodes have node exporter installed by default. These metrics will show up in Managed Prometheus, just like node exporter metrics.

[allyford]

Windows Exporter is now available in Private Preview! 🥳 The feature can be enabled by subscription and/or region. For instructions and additional details, see Windows Exporter Private Preview.