From 7d91b737749fa0293a53fbc115ad798ad26c1ab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jganseman Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:26:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] grammar fix, add dir, and remove redundant info --- docs/sources/installation/windows.md | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/windows.md b/docs/sources/installation/windows.md index 90c469bfe59..5e8a204d11d 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/windows.md +++ b/docs/sources/installation/windows.md @@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ on windows. Edit `custom.ini` and uncomment the `http_port` configuration option (`;` is the comment character in ini files) and change it to something like `8080` or similar. That port should not require extra Windows privileges. -Start Grafana by executing `grafana-server.exe`, preferably from the +Start Grafana by executing `grafana-server.exe`, located in the `bin` directory, preferably from the command line. If you want to run Grafana as windows service, download -[NSSM](https://nssm.cc/). It is very easy add Grafana as a Windows +[NSSM](https://nssm.cc/). It is very easy to add Grafana as a Windows service using that tool. Read more about the [configuration options]({{< relref "configuration.md" >}}). @@ -43,7 +43,3 @@ Read more about the [configuration options]({{< relref "configuration.md" >}}). The Grafana backend includes Sqlite3 which requires GCC to compile. So in order to compile Grafana on Windows you need to install GCC. We recommend [TDM-GCC](http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/download). - -Copy `conf/sample.ini` to a file named `conf/custom.ini` and change the -web server port to something like 8080. The default Grafana port, 3000, -requires special privileges on Windows.