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  1. Preface
  2. Getting started with Data Integration
  3. System requirements
  4. Configuring a runtime environment
  5. Connection configuration
  6. Project setup
  7. Editing your user profile
  8. Inviting users to join your organization
  9. Primary cloud data warehouse setup

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Configuring a runtime environment

Configuring a runtime environment

A runtime environment is the execution platform for running tasks. It consists of one or more Secure Agents. A Secure Agent is a lightweight program that runs tasks and enables secure communication between your organization and
Data Integration
.
You can access a runtime environment in any of the following ways:
Use the Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent
This is the simplest and quickest option. The Hosted Agent is included with every installation of
Data Integration
. Informatica hosts and maintains the Hosted Agent. You don't need to download, install, or configure anything. You can begin creating your connections and tasks immediately.
The Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent panel shows the status of the Hosted Agent.
The Hosted Agent can only access data stored in the cloud, and it can only run a certain set of connectors in mappings. To see the list of connection types that you can use with the Hosted Agent, see
Connections
.
Create a runtime environment from the Home Page
This is the second simplest method. The installation wizard in
Data Integration
 does all the work behind the scenes to set up and configure a Secure Agent on AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
The New Runtime Environment button starts the installation wizard to create a new runtime environment.
The installation wizard creates a Secure Agent group with a single agent. To create a runtime environment using the installation wizard, click
Configure a runtime environment
 on the
Home
 page.
Configuring a runtime environment from the
Home
 page creates a virtual machine on Microsoft Azure. This will incur additional cost.
Create a runtime environment manually
Create a runtime environment manually when you can't use the Hosted Agent or you're not installing an agent on AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
Download and install a runtime environment manually if you need to do any of the following tasks:
  • Run the agent on Windows.
  • Install the Secure Agent on a local machine or a VM on a different cloud platform than AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
  • Access data sources that are behind a firewall.
The Runtime Environments page lets you create a new runtime environment and download a Secure Agent installer file.
Creating a runtime environment manually offers the greatest flexibility. For more information, see
Runtime environments
.
The remaining topics describe how to install on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure and how to install the runtime environment manually. If you're using the Hosted Agent, you can skip these topics and start creating your connections and tasks.
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