How to get logs from vector running as Window service

[alexeynl]

Question

We cant find vector internal log files on Windows for troubleshooting problems.

On Linux system service stdout are written to syslog. But what is the way to check vector internal logs on Windows?
I'm unable to find command line options to write internal logs to file instead of stdout and stderr for this purpose. Are there any options to do this?

Vector Config

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Vector Logs

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[thomasqueirozb]

This depends on how you configured Vector to run on Windows (see bat).

On Linux, depending on how you set it up, it would write to the systemd journal which could also end up in syslog.

On Windows you can either modify the bat to pipe the output somewhere else or, what I would recommend, is that you use the internal_logs source, and then use some sink (like the file sink) to send the logs elsewhere.