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Set up

Run

Windows

Open source

Run Grafana Alloy on Windows

Alloy is installed as a Windows Service. The service is configured to automatically run on startup.

To verify that Alloy is running as a Windows Service:

Open the Windows Services manager:
1. Right click on the Start Menu and select Run.
2. Type: services.msc and click OK.
Scroll down to find the Alloy service and verify that the Status is Running.

View Alloy logs

When running on Windows, Alloy writes its logs to Windows Event Logs with an event source name of Alloy.

To view the logs, perform the following steps:

Open the Event Viewer:
1. Right click on the Start Menu and select Run.
2. Type eventvwr and click OK.
In the Event Viewer, click on Windows Logs > Application.
Search for events with the source Grafana Alloy.