From 143cabc4b7b04c49092075e5afe9e1dc2b364adf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Carlton Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:15:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Removed outdated information about Windows support (#7971) Newer versions of Telegraf for Windows do not appear to support using WMI query patterns as values for the "pattern" option. Regular expressions appear to be the only patterns now supported. --- plugins/inputs/procstat/README.md | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/README.md b/plugins/inputs/procstat/README.md index 380321569..73c40ef79 100644 --- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/README.md +++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/README.md @@ -64,15 +64,6 @@ Processes can be selected for monitoring using one of several methods: Preliminary support for Windows has been added, however you may prefer using the `win_perf_counters` input plugin as a more mature alternative. -When using the `pid_finder = "native"` in Windows, the pattern lookup method is -implemented as a WMI query. The pattern allows fuzzy matching using only -[WMI query patterns](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa392263(v=vs.85).aspx): -```toml -[[inputs.procstat]] - pattern = "%influx%" - pid_finder = "native" -``` - ### Metrics: - procstat