Installing LogScale Collector on Windows - Custom

This procedure describes how to perform a custom installation of the LogScale Collector on Windows.

  1. Download the LogScale Collector as described in Downloading LogScale Collector - Custom or using the command-line, see Downloading Installers from the Command-line.

  2. Execute the installer. The installer will guide you through the installation of the LogScale Collector. It will also create (but not start) a Windows service for the LogScale Collector.

    Windows MSI

    Figure 3. Windows MSI


The default installation path for the LogScale Collector on Windows is: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CrowdStrike\\Humio Log Collector\\logscale-collector.exe and the default configuration file config.yaml.