Can't run --test non-interactively

[absolutejam]

Bug report

Running 'C:\\opt\\telegraf\\telegraf.exe --config C:\\opt\\telegraf\\telegraf.conf --config-directory C:\\opt\\telegraf\\conf.d --test either within Powershell remoting or viia. SaltStack provides the following error: 2017/10/26 22:23:02 E! The service process could not connect to the service controller. Running other flags, eg. --version works.

Relevant telegraf.conf:

Number of win_perf_counters

System info:

Telegraf v1.4.1 (git: release-1.4 2de7aa2)
Windows

Expected behavior:

Config is tested, printing to stdout.

Actual behavior:

Error: Telegraf v1.4.1 (git: release-1.4 2de7aa23d7d3c3bcf639d417129ab7c17d83399b)

Use case: [Why is this important (helps with prioritizing requests)]

Auto-validation with config-management.

[danielnelson]

I wonder if this would be fixed by #2754

[danielnelson]

@absolutejam I think this will be fixed in 1.6, can you retest with a nightly build: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf#nightly-builds

[mahessub]

hi,
i'm seeing this issue on Windows Telegraf version 1.9.1.
"C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --test" returns
"2018/12/17 00:32:39 E! The service process could not connect to the service controller."
while
"C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.exe --version"
works fine.
Can you kindly let me know if this will be fixed?
Thank you!

[danielnelson]

@mahessub Try adding the --console flag: telegraf.exe --console --test.

[mahessub]

@danielnelson works fine adding "--console" flag. Thanks a lot!

[Hipska]

@absolutejam have a look at #15732 where there is now an actual config check command..