Run the Falcon LogScale Collector Manually

The documentation explains how to manually run the Falcon LogScale Collector on Windows systems, emphasizing the importance of creating a valid configuration beforehand. The guide provides command-line usage instructions, including options for specifying config files, log levels, and output formatting when running the collector executable.

Note

Create a valid configuration before running the Log Collector, see Configuration for more information.

You can run the following command in order to run the Log Collector manually which is useful to check that the configuration works.

cmd
C:\Program Files (x86)\CrowdStrike\Humio Log Collector>humio-log-collector.exe -h
Usage of logscale-collector.exe:
    --cfg string
     config file
    --log-level string
     specify log level to enable debug logging to stderr
    --log-pretty
     print logs to console in a pretty-printed format
    --version
     print version and exit