You're not the only one: https://groups.google.com/g/prometheus-users/c/NjtTA7vsVJ8
The suggestion there is to use NSSM. On Tuesday, 24 June 2025 at 16:19:25 UTC+1 shashi tiwary wrote: > I am using below command to create a service on windows server 2019 . > Service is being created but after start unable to run the service. > > sc.exe create Prometheus binPath= > "`"C:\Prometheus\prometheus-3.4.0.windows-amd64\prometheus.exe`" > --config.file=C:\Prometheus\prometheus-3.4.0.windows-amd64\prometheus.yml > --log.level=debug --enable-feature=agent" start= auto > > Start-Service -Name Prometheus > > In the event log i am getting below error. > > TimeGenerated EntryType Message > ------------- --------- ------- > 6/18/2025 4:21:15 AM Error The Prometheus service failed to start > due to the following error: ... > 6/18/2025 4:21:15 AM Error A timeout was reached (30000 > milliseconds) while waiting for the Prometheus service to connect. > > Also i am not getting any log in the prometheus query log. > > When i am running the same executable as a stand alone process or windows > wrapper(as a service) i am able run that. > > Any idea what could be the issue here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to prometheus-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/4d6a3621-eaea-477f-95ac-8f5c3ed934fcn%40googlegroups.com.
