How to Monitor Performances with Prometheus and WMI Exporter on Grafana Dashboard in Windows

Monitoring Performance with Prometheus and WMI Exporter on Grafana Dashboard

Required Tools for Performance Monitoring:

To monitor performance effectively, we need to install the following tools:

• WMI Exporter: WMI Exporter provides system metrics from Windows machines
• Prometheus: Prometheus handles data collection
• Grafana: Grafana creates customizable dashboards for visual analysis

These tools will allow us to collect, export, and visualize real-time performance metrics. This setup enables us to monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot system performance issues effectively.

Installing WMI Installer:

1. Download the MSI file from the GitHub repository linked below and proceed with the installation:
   Windows Exporter Releases on GitHub
   Download Link: windows_exporter-0.28.1-amd64.msi

2. Open Windows PowerShell in administrator mode at the file location and run the following command to install the service.

   windows_exporter.exe --collectors.enabled="cpu,cs,iis,logical_disk,net,os,service,system,textfile" --web.listen-address=":9182"
   

   

3. Open the Services management console and confirm that the WMI Exporter service is running on the machine.
   

   

4. Open your browser and navigate to the WMI Exporter URL:
   http://localhost:9182/metrics
   

   

Installing Prometheus:

1. Download the latest version of Prometheus using the link below:
   Prometheus Downloads
   Download Link: prometheus-2.53.2.windows-amd64.zip
   

   

2. Extract the zip file, then open Windows PowerShell in the extracted directory to proceed with the setup.
   

   

3. Edit the prometheus.yml file to include the WMI Exporter URL for proper monitoring configuration:

   - targets: ["localhost:9090", "localhost:9182"]
   

   

4. Run the following command to execute the application and start its processes:

   .\prometheus.exe --config.file=prometheus.yml
   

   

5. In your browser, navigate to the URL below. Click on Status and then Targets to verify that all endpoints are up and running:
   http://localhost:9090/
   

   
   
   
   

Installing Grafana:

1. Download the Grafana installer from the link below and run it to complete the setup:
   Grafana Download Page
   Direct Download Link: grafana-enterprise-11.2.0.windows-amd64.msi
   

   

2. Install the application and verify that the service is running correctly.
   

   

3. Open your browser and go to the following URL to access Grafana:
   http://localhost:3000
   The default credentials for Grafana are username: admin and password: admin
   

   

4. Click on Data Sources under Connections, then select Add New Data Source.
   

   

5. Locate Prometheus in the list and click on it to select the data source.
   

   

6. Enter http://localhost:9090 in the Prometheus server URL field, then click Save & Test to verify the connection.
   

   
   
   
   

7. Click on Home and then select Import Dashboard to add a new dashboard.
   

   

8. Select Add Visualization to perform a query to get the performance metrics of the sites in IIS.
   

   

9. Select Prometheus in the data source section.
   

   

10. Now you can run the query in code mode to get the performance metrics of the sites hosted in IIS.
    Example Query: windows_iis_current_connections{site=“BoldReports_EnterpriseReporting”}
    

    

11. You can save the dashboard by providing a name for it.