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Robot admin guide
- About this guide
- About this guide
- Getting started
- Installing
- Upgrading
- Connecting and licensing
- Configuring
- Running workloads
- RPA processes and tests
- Agents, functions, and API workflows
- Limits
- Securing and governing
- Monitoring
- Troubleshooting
- Reference
About this guide
Scope of the UiPath Robot 2026.10 admin guide, from planning and installing a self-managed robot to running every workload and troubleshooting it.
This guide is for administrators who run UiPath Robot 2026.10 on machines they manage: Windows workstations and servers, and Linux containers. It covers the Robot from the first planning decision to day-to-day operation.
The guide follows the order of the work:
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Getting started | What the Robot is, the workloads it runs, how jobs reach it, and what a machine needs |
| Installing | Choosing an install mode, prerequisites, and installing with the UiPath Platform Installer |
| Upgrading | Moving from 2025.10, and keeping the Robot current through update channels |
| Connecting and licensing | Connecting the Robot to Orchestrator, and the licenses and units it consumes |
| Configuring | Configuration files, proxy, package feeds, signature verification, and credential providers |
| Running workloads | RPA processes and tests in Windows sessions, and agents, functions, and API workflows |
| Securing and governing | Robot policies, tracing and data controls, and integrations |
| Monitoring | Robot logs |
| Troubleshooting | Fixes for common problems |
| Reference | Command-line interface, environment variables, and log fields |
What's new for administrators in 2026.10
- More than RPA. The Robot runs agents, functions, and API workflows next to RPA processes and test cases, through Unified Runtime.
- One installer. The UiPath Platform Installer replaces
UiPathRobot.msiandUiPathStudio.msi. - Update channels replace the Update Service. The Platform Installer keeps the Robot on its update channel and installs updates between jobs.
- One install path. Attended and unattended robots share the same installation and connection steps. Where they differ, the page says so.
For the full list of changes, refer to Upgrading from 2025.10 and the 2026.10 release notes.
For robots that UiPath hosts, or that run in your Automation Suite cluster, refer to the Cloud robots user guide and the Automation Suite robots guide.