Installing a Windows scanner

Note that .NET 3.5 is required for this installation.

Setting up the Server in DataIntell

In the DataIntell application, go to the Data Settings section and add a new server. Remember the Id value as it is necessary for setting up the Windows scanner.

Download the package

To download the package, open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:

https://dataintell-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/install/windows_scanner/DataIntell.zip

This will download the archive file named DataIntell.zip.

Installing the scanner

To install the scanner, unzip the DataIntell.zip file to extract its content. Then, move the extracted DataIntell folder to the following directory in your Windows system:

C:\Program Files

Next, open the application.properties file within the following directory in your Windows system using a text editor:

C:\Program Files\DataIntell\application.properties

In the text editor, update the following lines with the appropriate {IPAddress} of the main server hosting the DataIntell API:

elasticsearch.host={IPAddress}
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://{IPAddress}:5432/dataintell
dataintell.scanner.postgresql.url=jdbc:pgsql://{IPAddress}:5432/dataintell

Next, update the {serverId} in the same file with the server.

Finally, save the changes to application.properties.

Installing the Windows service

To install the Windows service, open Powershell as an Administrator and run the following command:

"C:\Program Files\DataIntell\dataintell-scanner.exe" install

Using the scanner

To start the scanner, you can either:

• Use the service interface provided by the Windows OS.
• Open PowerShell as Administrator and run the following commands:

cd "C:\Program Files\DataIntell"
.\dataintell-scanner.exe start

To stop the scanner, you can either:

• Use the service interface provided by the Windows OS.
• Open PowerShell as Administrator and run the following commands:

cd "C:\Program Files\DataIntell"
.\dataintell-scanner.exe stop

The logs of the applications are located within the following directory in your Windows system:

C:\var\log\dataintell-scanner.log