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date_published: 2026-08-13
date_modified: 2026-08-13
canonical_url: https://metricshub.org/community-connectors/connectors/windowsprocess.html
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# Windows - Processes (WMI)

## Description

Monitors essential performance metrics of any Windows system through WMI, following OpenTelemetry semantic conventions.

[community](tags/community.html) [system](tags/system.html) [windows](tags/windows.html)

[Source](https://github.com/metricshub/community-connectors/tree/main/src/main/connector/system/WindowsProcess/WindowsProcess.yaml)

## Target

Typical platform: **[Microsoft Windows](platforms/microsoft-windows.html)**

Operating system: **Microsoft Windows**

## Prerequisites

Leverages: **WMI**

Technology and protocols: **WMI/WinRM**

Variables:

- `matchDomain`: Regular expression pattern to match domain names for monitoring. (default: `.*`)
- `matchCommand`: Regular expression pattern to match process command lines for monitoring. (default: `.*`)
- `matchName`: Regular expression pattern to match process names for monitoring. (default: `.*`)
- `matchUser`: Regular expression pattern to match user names for monitoring. (default: `.*`)

## Examples

### CLI

```batch
metricshub HOSTNAME -t win -c +WindowsProcess --wmi -u USER
```

### metricshub.yaml

```yaml
resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: win
        connectors: [ +WindowsProcess ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wmi:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
        additionalConnectors:
          WindowsProcess: # Unique ID. Use 'uses' if different from the original connector ID
            uses: WindowsProcess # Optional - Original ID if not in key
            force: true # Optional (default: true); false for auto-detection only
            variables:
              matchDomain: <VALUE> # Replace with desired value.
              matchCommand: <VALUE> # Replace with desired value.
              matchName: <VALUE> # Replace with desired value.
              matchUser: <VALUE> # Replace with desired value.
```

## Connector Activation Criteria

The **Windows - Processes (WMI)** connector **must be selected manually**, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

- The **WMI query** below to the managed host succeeds: 
  
    - Namespace: `root\CIMv2`
    - WQL Query: `SELECT Name FROM Win32_OperatingSystem`

## Metrics

| Type | Collected Metrics | Specific Attributes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **process** | - `process.cpu.time` - `process.cpu.utilization` - `process.disk.io{disk.io.direction="read"}` - `process.disk.io{disk.io.direction="write"}` - `process.disk.operations{disk.io.direction="read"}` - `process.disk.operations{disk.io.direction="write"}` - `process.handle.count` - `process.memory.usage` - `process.memory.virtual` - `process.paging.faults` - `process.thread.count` | - `id` - `process.id` - `process.match.command` - `process.match.domain` - `process.match.name` - `process.match.user` - `process.name` - `process.parent.id` |