Installing CData Sync

Installing CData Sync

For information on installing and running CData Sync, see the official CData Sync - Getting Started documentation.

For more information on system requirements for CData Sync, see the official CData Sync - Server Administration documentation.

Important:

To install CData Sync, you need a valid license. The license is provided via UiPath® for the purpose of Process Mining.

If you already have a previous version of CData Sync installed, it is recommended to uninstall the previous version first. Any defined jobs/connections will be retained.

Follow these steps to install CData Sync.

1. Download the CData Sync Windows installer.
2. Run the downloaded CDataSync.exe and accept the default settings

   If CData Sync is not started automatically in the last step of the installation, CData Sync can be reached at http://localhost:8181/.

   Note:

   If you have installed the .NET version, CData Sync can be reached at http://localhost:8019/.

3. Enter a password for the admin user.

After successful installation of CData Sync:

• Create a user account for each developer.
• Set up CData Sync to run as a service, to make sure CData Sync automatically starts up when booting the machine. See Running CData Sync as a Service.

• Install the AzureBlobDestination Provider.

To set up an extraction using CData Sync, see Loading data using CData Sync.

Note:

You can transfer a CData Sync license from one machine to another. See the official CData Sync documentation for more information.

CData AzureBlobDestination Provider Version

Important: The CData AzureBlobDestination Provider Version must be 22.0.8348.0 or newer. The version number is displayed when you select the AzureBlob destination in CData Sync in Create a destination connection.

If you have an older version of the CData AzureBlobDestination Provider you can update to the required version. Follow these steps.

1. Download the .zip file containing the AzureBlobDestination update via this link https://cdatabuilds.s3.amazonaws.com/support/SAPHA_8348_free.zip
2. Go to the official CData Sync documentation and follow the instructions as described in the section Install a Connector using the local file system.

Running CData Sync as a Service

To make sure CData Sync is always started when a machine boots, CData Sync should be run as a service.

Service Enablement

Follow the steps below to enable the CData Sync Server as a service to be started upon system boot.

1. Right-click on CData Sync icon in the Windows Task bar and select Server Options from the context menu.

2. Select the Run as a Windows Service option.

3. Select Save Changes.

The CData Sync Server will now automatically start upon system boot.