Windows System Statistics (winstat)

The Windows System Statistics (winstat) input plugin collects system-level statistics from Windows environments, including CPU usage, memory consumption, disk I/O, and network activity. This plugin uses Windows Performance Counters to gather real-time system metrics.

This plugin is only available on Windows operating systems and requires appropriate permissions to access Windows Performance Counters.

Configuration parameters

The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:

Key	Description	Default
Interval_Sec	Polling interval in seconds.	1
Interval_NSec	Polling interval in nanoseconds.	0
Threaded	Indicates whether to run this input in its own thread.	false

Metrics collected

The winstat plugin collects the following system statistics:

Metric Category	Description
CPU	CPU usage percentage, including user and system time.
Memory	Memory usage including total, available, and used memory.
Disk	Disk I/O statistics including read/write operations and throughput.
Network	Network interface statistics including bytes sent/received and packet counts.

Get started

To collect Windows system statistics, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:

Command line

You can run the plugin from the command line:

fluent-bit -i winstat -o stdout

Which returns information similar to the following:

...
[0] winstat: [1699123456.123456789, {"cpu.usage"=>15.3, "cpu.user"=>10.2, "cpu.system"=>5.1, "memory.total"=>8192, "memory.available"=>4096, "memory.used"=>4096, "disk.read_bytes"=>1024000, "disk.write_bytes"=>512000, "network.bytes_sent"=>2048000, "network.bytes_recv"=>1024000}]
[1] winstat: [1699123457.123456789, {"cpu.usage"=>16.1, "cpu.user"=>11.0, "cpu.system"=>5.1, "memory.total"=>8192, "memory.available"=>4080, "memory.used"=>4112, "disk.read_bytes"=>1025000, "disk.write_bytes"=>515000, "network.bytes_sent"=>2050000, "network.bytes_recv"=>1025000}]
...

Configuration file

In your main configuration file append the following:

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
  inputs:
    - name: winstat
      tag: winstat
      interval_sec: 1
      interval_nsec: 0

  outputs:
    - name: stdout
      match: '*'

fluent-bit.conf

Total interval (sec) = Interval_Sec + (Interval_NSec / 1000000000)

For example: 1.5s = 1s + 500000000ns

For Prometheus-based metrics collection on Windows, consider using the Windows Exporter Metrics input plugin instead.