# Microsoft IIS

### Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| -------- | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Windows  | ✓       | ✓    |        |

### Prerequisites

This source supports IIS versions 8.5 and 10.0.

### Configuration Table

| Parameter                | Type                | Default                                        | Description                                                |
| ------------------------ | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| telemetry\_types         | `telemetrySelector` | `["Logs", "Metrics"]`                          | Choose Telemetry Type.                                     |
| file\_path               | `strings`           | `["C:/inetpub/logs/LogFiles/W3SVC_/**/_.log"]` | File or directory paths to tail for logs.                  |
| exclude\_file\_log\_path | `strings`           |                                                | File or directory paths to exclude.                        |
| timezone                 | `enum`              | UTC                                            | RFC3164 only. The timezone to use when parsing timestamps. |
| start\_at                | `enum`              | end                                            | Start reading the file from the 'beginning' or 'end'.      |
| collection\_interval     | `int`               | 60                                             | Sets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.            |

### Metrics

| Metric                       | Unit            | Description                                          |
| ---------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| iis.connection.active        | `{connections}` | Number of active connections.                        |
| iis.connection.anonymous     | `{connections}` | Number of connections established anonymously.       |
| iis.connection.attempt.count | `{attempts}`    | Total number of attempts to connect to the server.   |
| iis.network.blocked          | By              | Number of bytes blocked due to bandwidth throttling. |
| iis.network.file.count       | `{files}`       | Number of transmitted files.                         |
| iis.network.io               | By              | Total amount of bytes sent and received.             |
| iis.request.count            | `{requests}`    | Total number of requests of a given type.            |
| iis.request.queue.age.max    | ms              | Age of oldest request in the queue.                  |
| iis.request.queue.count      | `{requests}`    | Current number of requests in the queue.             |
| iis.request.rejected         | `{requests}`    | Total number of requests rejected.                   |
| iis.thread.active            | `{threads}`     | Current number of active threads.                    |
| iis.uptime                   | s               | The amount of time the server has been up.           |


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