Installing a Collector at a Command Prompt | Proficy Historian for Cloud 2022.1 Documentation

About this task

This topic describes how to install collectors at a command prompt. You can also install them using the installer.

Procedure

Download the collectors installer from the following path: https://historian-collectors-and-clients.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/collectors/cloud_collector_installer.zip
Extract the contents, and access the folder containing the Collectors_Install.exe file.

At a command prompt, enter:

Collectors_Install.exe -s RootDrive=<value>
                            DestinationServerName=<value>
                            DataPath=<value>
                            UserName1=<value>
                            Password=<value>


Parameter	Description	Default Value
RootDrive	The installation drive for the collectors.	C:\
DataPath	The folder for storing the collector log files.	C:\Proficy Historian Data
DestinationServerName	Enter the Amazon Network Load Balancer (NLB) DNS. Tip: To find the NLB DNS: Access the EKS cluster on which you have deployed Proficy Historian for AWS. Access the EC2 instance. In the navigation pane, under Load Balancing, select Load Balancers. Select the load balancer for which you want to find the DNS. In the Description section, copy the DNS name.	local host name
UserName1	The username to connect to Proficy Historian for AWS.
Password	The password to connect to Proficy Historian for AWS.

For example:

Collectors_Install.exe -s RootDrive=C:\
                        DestinationServerName=myOrg.com DataPath=C:\Proficy Historian Data
                        UserName1=user123 Password=xyz123

Restart the machine. If you uninstall a collector or install another one before restarting the machine, an error may occur.

Results

For Windows 64 bit, the 32-bit collector executable files are installed in the following folder: <installation drive>:\Program Files (x86)\GE Digital\<collector name>, and the 64-bit collector executable files are installed here: <installation drive>:\Program Files\GE Digital\<collector name>.
For Windows 32 bit, the 32-bit collector executable files are installed in the following folder: <installation drive>:\Program Files\GE Digital\<collector name>. 64-bit collectors are not supported for Windows 32 bit.

What to do next

Create a collector instance. For information on which collector type to use, refer to Choosing a Collector.