This page explains how to install Skedler Reports dependencies, download and install Skedler, get the service up and running on your Windows 64 bit system, and also describes the installation package details.

Download

Download the zip file of Skedler Reports.

Unzip the skedler.zip file. You will see the skedler-xg folder.

Start Skedler

Open Windows PowerShell in Run as Administrator mode and navigate to the skedler-xg package. 

Configure your options for Skedler

Skedler Reports has several configuring options that can be defined in its reporting.yml file (located in the skedler folder).  In the reporting.yml file, you can configure options to run Skedler in an air-gapped environment, change the port number, define the hostname, change the location for the Skedler database, and log files.  

Read more about the reporting.yml configuration options.  

Start Manually

In the terminal, start skedler manually by executing the following command from $skedler_home.

bin\skedler.bat

Start Skedler as a service (v6.1.0 and above)

Run the install_as_service.bat file from the $skedler_home folder by using the following command:

.\install_as_service.bat

After running the above command, the Skedler service will be automatically up and running; to stop the service, you can open your local Windows service manager, right-click on the Skedler-TLS, and click on the stop option from the pop-up menu.

To remove the application as a service, execute the following command from $skedler_home:

.\install_as_service.bat remove

Start Skedler as a service (v5.x to v6.0.2)

Run the install_as_service.bat file from the $skedler_home folder by using the following command:

$skedler_homeinstall_as_service.bat

To start the Skedler as a service, execute the following command from $skedler_home:

bin\skedler-service.bat start

To stop Skedler as a service, execute the following command from $skedler_home:

bin\skedler-service.bat stop

To restart the Skedler as a service, execute the following command from $skedler_home:

bin\skedler-service.bat restart

Access Skedler Reports

The default URL for accessing Skedler Reports is:

http://localhost:3005/ 

If you have made configuration changes in the reporting.yml, then the Skedler URL is of the following format:

http://<hostname or your domainurl>:3005 

or 

http://<hostname or your domain url>:<port number>

Login to Skedler Reports

By default, we will Create an account and you will be redirected to the Login page. 

Sign in using the following credentials:

Username: [email protected]    (or the email address you configured in reporting.yml)
Password: admin   (or the password you configured in reporting.yml)

Click Sign in.  

You will see the Reports Dashboard after logging in to the skedler account.

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