Secure Agent Quick Start for Windows

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Step 1. Download and install the Secure Agent

Check the system requirements, then download the installation program and install the Secure Agent.

Before you download and install the Secure Agent, verify that the following pre-requisites are met:

The machine uses a supported operating system. For the list of supported operating systems for the Secure Agent, see the Product Availability Matrix (PAM) for

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

on Informatica Network here.

The machine has at least 5 GB of free disk space.

The account you use to install the Secure Agent has access to all remote directories that contain flat source or target files.

No other Secure Agent is installed on the machine. If another Secure Agent is installed on the machine, you must uninstall it first.

If your organization uses a protective firewall, include the

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

domain name or IP address ranges in the list of approved domain names or IP addresses. You should also enable the port that the Secure Agent uses to connect to the internet, port 443 (HTTPS).

For more information, see this Knowledge Base article on Informatica Network.

To download and install the agent:

Open

Administrator

and select

Runtime Environments

On the

Runtime Environments

page, click

Download Secure Agent

In the

Download the Secure Agent

dialog box, select the Windows 64-bit operating system platform and copy the install token.

Click

Download

The installation program is downloaded to your machine. The name of the installation program is

agent64_install_ng_ext.exe

Run the installation program.

The first page of the Secure Agent installation program prompts you to choose the installation folder.

Specify the Secure Agent installation directory, and click

Click

Install

to install the agent.

When the installation finishes, the Secure Agent Manager opens and prompts you to register the agent.

The Secure Agent Manager registration page contains the "User Name" and "Install Token" fields.

If you did not copy the install token when you downloaded the agent, click

Generate Install Token

on the

Runtime Environments

page in

Administrator

, and copy the token.

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.

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

When all of the services have started, the message, "The Secure Agent and all services are up and running," appears in the Secure Agent Manager.

When the registration process completes, the Secure Agent Manager displays the message, "The Secure Agent and all services are up and running."

If your organization uses an outgoing proxy server to connect to the internet, click

Proxy

Select

Use a proxy server

Enter the following information and click

Field	Description
Proxy Host	Required. Host name of the outgoing proxy server that the Secure Agent uses.
Proxy Port	Required. Port number of the outgoing proxy server.
User Name	User name to connect to the outgoing proxy server.
Password	Password to connect to the outgoing proxy server.

The Secure Agent Manager restarts the Secure Agent to apply the settings.

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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Secure Agent Quick Start for Windows

Secure Agent Quick Start for Windows

Step 1. Download and install the Secure Agent

Step 1. Download and install the Secure Agent