XDR Collectors installation resource for Windows and Linux

The following table provides important information about the XDR Collectors installation for Windows and Linux.

Installation component	Default path	Description	Related files/Services
Installation folder	Windows:%PROGRAMFILES%\Palo Alto Networks\XDR Collector Linux:/opt/paloaltonetworks/xdr-collector	The default installation path for the XDR Collector. Contains all Program Core files and executables.	Windows Service name: XDR Collector Process name: xdrcollectorsvc.exe Linux Service name: xcd Process name: xdr-collector.service
Logs	Windows:%PROGRAMDATA%\XDR Collector\logs Linux:/opt/paloaltonetworks/xdr-collector/logs	Windows: Contains the XDR Collector application Log, the Filebeat application log, and the Winlogbeat application log. Indicates information, warnings, and errors related to the XDR Collector application. Linux: Contains the XDR Collector application Log as well as the Filebeat application log. Indicates information, warnings, and errors related to the XDR Collector application. Contains the XDR Collector application Log as well as the Filebeat application log. Indicates information, warnings, and errors related to the XDR Collector application.	Windows scouter.log filebeat winlogbeat Linux scouter.log filebeat
Configuration	Windows:%PROGRAMFILES%\Palo Alto Networks\XDR Collector\config Linux:/opt/paloaltonetworks/xdr-collector/config	Contains the XML configuration file of the XDR Collector for both Windows and Linux. Any change in this XML configuration file is saved to the XDR Collector database and the settings are taken from this file. ### Note In some circumstances, such as after an XDR Collectors upgrade, the configured settings in the XML configuration file can be erased. Yet, this won't affect the saved settings in the XDR Collectors database.	For both Windows and Linux, the file name is XDR_Collector.xml.
Persistence	Windows:%PROGRAMDATA%\XDR Collector\OSPersistence Linux:/etc/panw/OSPersistence/	Contains the Operating System persistence file for the XDR Collector, which issued as part of the registration process.	For both Windows and Linux, the file name is .scouter.json.