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PlaidCloud

Install PlaidLink

Download the Agent

Section titled “Download the Agent”

Check the releases on PlaidCloud.com for PlaidLink

Extract the Agent

Section titled “Extract the Agent”

Extract the downloaded zip file to an install location of your choice. Generally, this location will be:

Terminal window
C:\Users\<Username here>\src\plaidlink

Create a Configuration File

Section titled “Create a Configuration File”

Copy the config-dist.yaml file in the agent’s directory to %ProgramData\plaidcloud\, and rename this copy config.yaml

(Edit this configuration with the values retrieved from PlaidCloud)

Install the Agent’s Service

Section titled “Install the Agent’s Service”

Run the install_windows_service.bat file in the agent’s install directory OR

From an administrator command prompt, navigate to the agent’s install directory and run:

Terminal window
.\PlaidLink.exe install

Running the Agent

Section titled “Running the Agent”

Type Services into Windows’ search bar and open the service manager. In the list of services, find PlaidCloud Agent.

Right-click the service and select “Start” to start the agent.

Freezing Updates

Section titled “Freezing Updates”

If at any point you want to disable the agent’s auto-update feature, open the agent’s ‘yaml’ configuration file, and at the root level of the file, add a line that reads freeze_updates: true, and restart the agent’s service.