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Downloading and installing the Secure Agent on Windows

To install the Secure Agent on a Windows machine, download and run the Secure Agent installer and then register the agent.

Before you download and install the Secure Agent, verify that no other Secure Agent is installed on the machine. If any other Secure Agent exists, you must uninstall it first.

To verify the checksum of the Secure Agent installation program, use the agent REST API version 2 resource. For more information about the agent resource, see

REST API Reference

Open

Administrator

and select

Runtime Environments

On the

Runtime Environments

page, click

Download Runtime Installer

Select

Secure Agent

as the Environment Type.

Select

Windows 64

as the Platform.

Click

Copy

to copy the install token.

You will need this token to install the Secure Agent. The token expires after 24 hours. If the token expires before you install the Secure Agent, repeat steps 1 to 5 to obtain a new token. You don't need to download the installer again.

Click

Download

The installer is downloaded to your machine. The name of the installer is

agent64_install_ng_ext.<agent core version>.exe

Run the installer as an Administrator and complete the following steps:

Specify the Secure Agent installation directory, and click

Ensure that the file path doesn't contain multibyte characters. If the path contains multibyte characters, the Secure Agent might not start.

Click

Install

to install the agent.

The

Cloud Secure Agent

dialog box opens and prompts you to register the agent as shown in the following image:

The Secure Agent Manager displays a message alerting you that the
Secure Agent has not been registered. To register the agent, enter
your user name in the User Name field, paste the install token into
the Install Token field, and then click Register.

In the Secure Agent Manager, enter the following information, and then click

Option	Description
User Name	User name that you use to access Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services .
Install Token	Token that you copied when you downloaded the runtime installer.

The Secure Agent Manager displays the status of the Secure Agent. It takes a minute for all of the services to start.

When you register the agent, it is added to its own Secure Agent group by default. You can add the agent to a different Secure Agent group if necessary.

If your organization uses an outgoing proxy server to connect to the internet, enter the proxy server information.

Close the Secure Agent Manager.

The Secure Agent Manager minimizes to the taskbar and continues to run as a service until stopped.

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Downloading and installing the Secure Agent on Windows

Downloading and installing the Secure Agent on Windows