Collector install as windows service

[Michaelh12304-work]

Hello everyone:

Do I have it right that there is no way to install the collector as a windows service?
Seems like a very basic missing feature.

Is there a work around?

I do seem to see some APM providers seem to have some sort of install that provides this feature.

Thanks,
Michael

[Michaelh12304-work]

Ok - well obviously it does run as a service and defaults to outputting to the Windows Event Log
Would it make sense to update the documentation?

An example from stack overflow with the sc.exe install command line : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78015912/running-otel-agent-as-windows-service-is-not-working

It;'s not quite functioning in the event viewer (you need to view as XML), but I guess it's something