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WINDOWS_SERVICE.md #3071

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@realware-it realware-it commented Jul 31, 2017

Troubleshooting error #1067 "failed to start service"

When installing as service, always double check to specify full path of the config file: --config C:"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.conf
Otherwise windows service will fail to start

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Troubleshooting  error #1067  "failed to start service"

When installing as service, always double check to specify full path of the config file:  --config C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.
Otherwise windows service will fail to start
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It's a pretty silly issue, but working in the telegraf directory inside windows, user is tempted to just issue the command telegraf.exe --config telegraf.conf --service install the service is being installed, but will fail to start correctly.

@danielnelson danielnelson merged commit f8c8430 into influxdata:master Jul 31, 2017
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