From 8cdf57bfb12408c89ac55431a8abde43a4d10419 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aliaksandr Valialkin <valyala@victoriametrics.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 19:32:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md: add a link to the
 original issue, which describes how to run VictoriaMetrics as Windows service

This is a follow-up for cc7d5b7bab834173e72aca01c50204839f6f31ec

The original issue https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3781 contains
up-to-date information on how to run VictoriaMetrics components as Windows service,
plus it may contain additional information about this case such as https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3781#issuecomment-1708092680 ,
so it is better to refer this issue from the docs.
---
 docs/README.md                        | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index cf3eac00b..399d426ac 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ After changes were made, trigger config re-read with the command `curl 127.0.0.1
 
 ### Running as Windows service
 
-In order to run as a windows service it is required to create a service configuration for [WinSW](https://github.com/winsw/winsw)
-and then install it as a service.
+In order to run VictoriaMetrics as a Windows service it is required to create a service configuration for [WinSW](https://github.com/winsw/winsw)
+and then install it as a service according to the following guide:
 
 1. Create a service configuration:
 
@@ -228,23 +228,23 @@ and then install it as a service.
       <name>VictoriaMetrics</name>
       <description>VictoriaMetrics</description>
       <executable>%BASE%\victoria-metrics-windows-amd64-prod.exe"</executable>
-    
+
       <onfailure action="restart" delay="10 sec"/>
       <onfailure action="restart" delay="20 sec"/>
-      
+
       <resetfailure>1 hour</resetfailure>
-    
+
       <arguments>-envflag.enable</arguments>
-      
+
       <priority>Normal</priority>
-    
+
       <stoptimeout>15 sec</stoptimeout>
-    
+
       <stopparentprocessfirst>true</stopparentprocessfirst>
         <startmode>Automatic</startmode>
         <waithint>15 sec</waithint>
         <sleeptime>1 sec</sleeptime>
-    
+
       <logpath>%BASE%\logs</logpath>
       <log mode="roll">
         <sizeThreshold>10240</sizeThreshold>
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ and then install it as a service.
       <env name="loggerFormat" value="json" />
       <env name="loggerOutput" value="stderr" />
       <env name="promscrape_config" value="C:\Program Files\victoria-metrics\promscrape.yml" />
-    
+
     </service>
     ```
 
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ and then install it as a service.
     Get-Service VictoriaMetrics | Start-Service
     ```
 
+See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3781) for more details.
+
+
 ## Prometheus setup
 
 Add the following lines to Prometheus config file (it is usually located at `/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml`) in order to send data to VictoriaMetrics:
diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
index 067d94066..d036f0ebc 100644
--- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
+++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ After changes were made, trigger config re-read with the command `curl 127.0.0.1
 
 ### Running as Windows service
 
-In order to run as a windows service it is required to create a service configuration for [WinSW](https://github.com/winsw/winsw)
-and then install it as a service.
+In order to run VictoriaMetrics as a Windows service it is required to create a service configuration for [WinSW](https://github.com/winsw/winsw)
+and then install it as a service according to the following guide:
 
 1. Create a service configuration:
 
@@ -236,23 +236,23 @@ and then install it as a service.
       <name>VictoriaMetrics</name>
       <description>VictoriaMetrics</description>
       <executable>%BASE%\victoria-metrics-windows-amd64-prod.exe"</executable>
-    
+
       <onfailure action="restart" delay="10 sec"/>
       <onfailure action="restart" delay="20 sec"/>
-      
+
       <resetfailure>1 hour</resetfailure>
-    
+
       <arguments>-envflag.enable</arguments>
-      
+
       <priority>Normal</priority>
-    
+
       <stoptimeout>15 sec</stoptimeout>
-    
+
       <stopparentprocessfirst>true</stopparentprocessfirst>
         <startmode>Automatic</startmode>
         <waithint>15 sec</waithint>
         <sleeptime>1 sec</sleeptime>
-    
+
       <logpath>%BASE%\logs</logpath>
       <log mode="roll">
         <sizeThreshold>10240</sizeThreshold>
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ and then install it as a service.
       <env name="loggerFormat" value="json" />
       <env name="loggerOutput" value="stderr" />
       <env name="promscrape_config" value="C:\Program Files\victoria-metrics\promscrape.yml" />
-    
+
     </service>
     ```
 
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ and then install it as a service.
     Get-Service VictoriaMetrics | Start-Service
     ```
 
+See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3781) for more details.
+
+
 ## Prometheus setup
 
 Add the following lines to Prometheus config file (it is usually located at `/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml`) in order to send data to VictoriaMetrics: