How to start up in Windows natively?

[jackyluo-learning]

Hey guys! I have installed using command "synctl system install native", and then navigate to "http://localhost:42286", but get "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" message. Is that means the application has not start up?

[JBBianchi]

Hello @jackyluo-learning

synctl system install native only installs Synapse (it downloads the binaries to C:\Program Files\CNCF\Synapse\ and adds that directory to the %PATH%). You'll still have to run synapse. If you restart your term (powershell or cmd) session, you'll be able to run that command from anywhere.

(Note: it also installs jq in C:\Program Files\jq\)

The first time Synapse runs, it will download its worker in C:\Program Files\CNCF\Synapse\bin\worker. This directory requires admin rights to be written in.

@cdavernas It might be a good idea to allow to choose the installation directory to avoid having to run synctl\synapse as admin. An uninstall command would be nice too.

@jackyluo-learning an alternative if you'd like to avoid running the programs as admin would be to download synapse server archive (synapse-win-x64.zip), extract it wherever you'd wish, optionally add the directory to your %PATH% for ease of use and run synapse.

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