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The Windows service can be installed on any Microsoft Windows desktop running a 64-bit version of Windows 10 Version 22H2 or higher or any server running a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2016 or higher. For more information on OS End of Service and the Auvik Collector, click here.
The system should dedicate 2 GHz dual core processor thread 4GB of RAM, and 20GB of available disk space. The host Windows machine should have at least 4 CPUs, 4GB of RAM, and 16 GB. Larger installations will require greater dedicated resources, with a minimum of 4 CPU threads, 8GB of memory, and 8GB of free space. Therefore, the host machine should also be sized accordingly to handle this requirement.
We recommend you install the service on a system that doesn’t already have services bound to these ports.
- If you’re installing a collector for a new site, choose Install Windows Service from the collector installation options
- If you want to install the collector on a site where already a collector is or was already installed, click Auvik collectors from the side navigation bar
- Click the Add Auvik collector button
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Click Download Windows installer
- This downloads the Auvik installer.exe file and generates a temporary API key, which you’ll use for installing the collector
- Copy the temporary API key by clicking the copy icon beside it
- You don’t need your Auvik user API key for installing this collector
- Click Close to close this window
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Double click on the Auvik installer.exe file you just downloaded
- You may be asked whether you want to install this file to make changes to your device
- Confirm by clicking Yes
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You’ll be asked to provide your email address, API key, and the domain prefix of the site where you want to install the collector
- Fill in the details and click Authenticate
- You will see confirmation that the collector has installed.
- The collector will start scanning for devices on your network
- You will have the option to add more networks to scan at this time
- You will have the option to add more networks to scan at this time
- You should now add SNMP Credentials for the devices you are scanning
You will now see that Auvik has started the task of mapping your network.
Note: If you are re-installing Auvik after uninstalling and run into issues, you may need to delete the following registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AuvikCollector
This is removed automatically if the collector is uninstalled from the Add/Remove Program list or through the installer, but it will be left over if uninstalled via the command line option "AuvikAgentService -remove".
If you run into difficulties during this process, try again and make sure that the host machine is connected to the internet. If you’re still having issues, contact Auvik support for more help.