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Supported Versions

  • Windows 2008r2
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 2012
  • Windows 2016

Install using chocolatey

  1. Grab the Agent Key, which you find under Agent Integration on the Integrations page of the Outlyer application.

  2. Use powershell to install the agent

    choco install outlyer-agent -y --ia '/agentkey ""YOURAGEN-TKEY-HERE-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX""'
    

Installation

  1. Download and run the latest windows installer from https://packages.outlyer.com/stable/windows/outlyer-agent-latest_x86.exe

  2. Grab the Agent Key, which you find under Agent Integration on the Integrations page of the Outlyer application.

  3. After installing the agent the configuration can be found in the installation folder. For more settings see the agent configuration documentation.
    C:\outlyer\agent.yaml
    
  4. The agent’s log file is under the installation folder.
    C:\outlyer\agent.log
    

Upgrades

To upgrade the Outlyer agent, download the latest install again, and check Reinstall to retain the previous settings.

Silent Upgrade

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://s3.amazonaws.com/packages.outlyer.com/stable/windows/outlyer-agent-latest_x86.exe -OutFile outlyer-agent.exe
Start-Process "outlyer-agent.exe" -ArgumentList "/S" -Wait -NoNewWindow -PassThru

Starting and Stopping Outlyer agent

The agent is installed as a windows service. You can start or stop the service from the command line:

  • Start:
    net start outlyer-agent
    
  • Stop:
    net stop outlyer-agent
    

In addition you can also use the Windows Service manager program to manage the service there.

Uninstalling

You can uninstall and remove the Outlyer agent via:

Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.