# Windows Installation

The simplest way to install ZebraTester is to run the guide and follow the installation instructions. We recommend installing ZebraTester into the default folder.

There are both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Windows Installer.

### Installation <a href="#installation" id="installation"></a>

Start the **ZBA70**\<minor version>**.EXE/MSI** and follow the installation instructions. If you accept the suggested default settings, you don't require administrator rights.

No administrator rights are required to use all functions of the ZebraTester product.

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This is a complete video walkthrough of the installation, certificate creation, and initial ZebraTester test recording for Windows.

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The following is an abbreviated InstallAnywhere, consisting of selected screenshots that need comments and annotations.

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| <h4 id="installation-overview">Installation Overview</h4><ol start="1"><li>Introduction</li><li>License Agreement</li><li>Choose Installation Folder</li><li>Choose Shortcut Folder</li><li>Pre-installation Summary</li><li>Installing…</li><li>Settings and License</li><li>CA Root Certificate and Tuning</li><li>Install Complete</li></ol>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Open image-20210106-182942.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/be577c99-ae7c-4b5c-a7ca-130e8176cfba#media-blob-url=true\&id=4cd62098-3bce-46b3-9fdd-0b4f9f8aa374\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=609\&height=472\&alt=)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <h4 id="choose-installation-folder">Choose Installation Folder</h4><p>As in many IDE applications, ZebraTester will default to installing into the user’s directory, not the Program Files directory.</p><p>Installation to another Drive/Partition is optional and Apica recommends installing it to a ZebraTester subdirectory under the root. For example \[X]:\ZebraTester</p><p>Click Next to continue.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Open image-20210106-184803.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/c5bc22c2-8186-4ebd-aeeb-9aa54aa8fcd5#media-blob-url=true\&id=20f3ce3d-9a03-4794-b666-3a7998353f60\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=633\&height=496\&alt=)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <h4 id="settings-and-license">Settings and License</h4><ul><li>Select your Time Zone and Number Format</li><li>During the installation, you <strong>must</strong> enter (or review) your license data.</li><li>Click the <strong>Apply</strong> button to store the new license and other selections.</li><li>Click <strong>Next</strong> to continue to the CA Root Certificate and Tuning Step</li></ul><p><strong>Note:</strong> If you install only the GUI component of ZebraTester, enter only the "GUI License Key" but no "Exec Agent License Ticket". On the other hand, if you install only a load generator without GUI, enter only the "Exec Agent License Ticket" but no "GUI License Key ".</p><p>If you purchased a license for a load generator you can start the load generator also as a Windows Service. In such a case you have first to disable Windows UAC. After that run the batch file InstallExecAgentService.bat, respectively InstallExecAgentServiceWin64.bat.</p> | <p>Open image-20210106-185545.png<img src="blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/72ce0901-604b-4342-b09b-216ea579d988#media-blob-url=true&#x26;id=4e592a6c-03e0-4922-88d3-c5711e308ed2&#x26;collection=contentId-4620842&#x26;contextId=4620842&#x26;width=846&#x26;height=470&#x26;alt=" alt="">Open image-20210106-190458.png<img src="blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/d5daf294-f1d7-417c-ac5b-b57e2ab9848f#media-blob-url=true&#x26;id=9208a148-574a-45e3-be43-37d0e1635630&#x26;collection=contentId-4620842&#x26;contextId=4620842&#x26;width=504&#x26;height=248&#x26;alt=" alt=""></p><p> </p> |
| <h4 id="ca-root-certificate-and-tuning">CA Root Certificate and Tuning</h4><p>There is a separate page for creating your own CA Root Certificate in the Installation Guide and an online version <a href="https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DAZT/pages/2079031297">here</a>.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Open image-20210106-190844.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/b1d64052-4a6a-484f-9293-7a27e00608dc#media-blob-url=true\&id=4f854d81-d464-45c6-ae0e-d69e71a5ceee\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=618\&height=485\&alt=)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <h4 id="installation-complete">Installation Complete</h4><p>After installation, 2 new icons are placed on the desktop, and new entries are created in the Start > All Programs > ZebraTester menu.</p><p>If you wish, you can delete these 2 desktop icons – the same icons can also be called from the start menu.</p><p>Start ZebraTester by clicking <strong>first</strong> on the ZebraTester Console icon (which is the engine that powers the GUI), and <strong>then</strong> by clicking on the ZebraTester GUI icon.</p><p> </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Open image-20210106-191835.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/4afe8291-729e-4db3-b418-d28450454cb5#media-blob-url=true\&id=87437e86-0ed8-4d41-8eeb-6895754b4b51\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=388\&height=305\&alt=)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <h4 id="zebratester-console">ZebraTester Console</h4><p>Keep the ZT Console running in the background as you work with the Web Admin GUI.</p><p> </p><p>The which will be running at <a href="http://127.0.0.1:7990/"><http://127.0.0.1:7990/></a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Open image-20210106-192126.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/5c043234-01a0-4049-b033-52379f5b1092#media-blob-url=true\&id=1ff19f2f-ef53-4eec-880c-215a5d63ffd8\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=297\&height=305\&alt=)Open image-20210106-192533.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/c9117003-515f-427d-be27-59423fe7a820#media-blob-url=true\&id=b956106a-2fd4-43e4-b1f2-9409ba75a28b\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=292\&height=298\&alt=)                                                                                            |
| <h4 id="the-zebratester-main-menu">The ZebraTester Main Menu</h4>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Open image-20210106-193023.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/12917bc2-e2fc-48a6-b55e-87233343bc89#media-blob-url=true\&id=e9c63719-0a6d-4705-bfa9-4fda96dd6243\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=1403\&height=295\&alt=)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| <h4 id="documentation">Documentation</h4><p><strong>\[Username] → ZebraTester > Documentation</strong> contains the full product documentation:</p><p> </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Open image-20210106-193733.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/5d916251-5cd5-4224-b853-0fc9a0031bca#media-blob-url=true\&id=464b4c1c-d205-4cfc-bbe8-c598eca1e040\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=1098\&height=470\&alt=)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Security **Tip:** If you install ZebraTester the first time on a Windows system it's strongly recommended that you [create your own CA Root Certificate](https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DAZT/pages/2079031297).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Open image-20191217-221816.png![](blob:https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/da826ffb-8b91-4fff-86b0-ccee182816bd#media-blob-url=true\&id=8b2be939-01dc-49f4-8603-ce5ff3505178\&collection=contentId-4620842\&contextId=4620842\&width=396\&height=216\&alt=)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| <h4 id="optional-and-only-if-load-testing">Optional and only if Load Testing</h4><p>This step is not needed for just scripting with ZebraTester.</p><p>If Load Testing, please <a href="https://apica-kb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DAZT/pages/4620838">tune your Windows parameters</a> to allow for better load testing.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

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