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Installing Actian Monitor on Windows
To install Actian Monitor on Windows
1. Download the tar file from http://esd.actian.com.
2. Extract the contents of the uncompressed Actian Monitor image. For example:
tar xvf actian_AM.tar
3. Verify Windows Docker container mode is set to Linux.
4. Open a Powershell admin console.
5. Run the following:
powershell -Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
6. Run the install command for Windows with necessary options:
install.ps1
Note:  Windows Docker must be set to run Linux containers before installing Actian Monitor on Windows.
Set options:
Note:  The options process is the same as the Linux installer, but option names differ slightly.
 
Install Options
Description
-InstallTarget
Installation directory (default: current directory)
-InstanceId
DBMS instance ID
-Hostname
DBMS leader hostname or IP address. The hostname should be either the DBMS DNS machine name or the IP address.
Note:  Do not use localhost as the hostname.
-SshUser
The DBMS SSH username (usually ingres or actian) that can log in using SSH to all nodes. In a multi-node installation, all nodes must support identical user credentials.
-SshPassword
SSH password (leave blank or set to 'none' for SSH key authentication)
-SshPort
SSH port (default: 22)
-InstanceSetenv
Command to initialize Ingres/Vector environment in SSH shell.
For example, a Linux database instance ‘V1’ and user ‘ingres’ would be ‘source /home/ingres/.ingv1sh’. If the target DBMS is Windows, enter a Windows equivalent command.
Note:  If you leave this field blank, the installer computes the value after verifying SSH access. This might not work for custom installs.
-JdbcUser
The JDBC username to be used for all JDBC connections. The user requires access to and must have TRACE and IMA_SEC_READ privileges on the IMADB database.
-JdbcPassword
JDBC password
-Nodes
Additional nodes for multi-node setup. This list is only used for obtaining SSH key fingerprints and can be left blank if the keys will be provided manually. Do not include the leader node in this list.
Note:  To clear out an existing node list, set to ‘none’.
-Keys
SSH server keys (comma-separated). Leave blank or set to ‘auto’ to automatically discover.
Note:  You need SSH keys for all nodes in a multi-node installation.
-PrivateKeys
List of SSH private key files for key-based authentication (password must be empty)
-ContainerEngine
Select engine used by the installer:
docker
podman
auto (default)
-DryRun
Validate inputs and show planned actions without installing
-Unattended
No prompts, exit on error
-Help
Show help message
./install.ps1 \
-Hostname db.example.com \
-SshUser admin \
-SshPassword secret \
-JdbcUser monitor \
-JdbcPassword dbpass \
-DryRun
Command line options are not required. The installer will prompt for all required fields before installing Actian Monitor.
Last modified date: 01/29/2026