# windows-packager

**Repository Path**: mirrors_influxdata/windows-packager

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: windows-packager
- **Description**: Create a windows installer
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-13

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Windows Package Managers

This project houses the windows install packages for [InfulxDB](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb), [Chronograf](https://influxdb.com/chronograf/index.html), and [Telegraf](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf)](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf).

## Future Features

- [ ] Install executables as services
- [ ] Log events to event log
- [ ] Allow configuration of services via install

## InfluxDB Windows Packager

This project uses the [Wix Toolset](http://wixtoolset.org/) to generate a windows msi installer. All of the scripts to build
the InfluxDB MSI installer are located in the `influxdb` directory

### GUID

You need to generate some GUIDs for the installer.  I used [guidgen.com](http://www.guidgen.com/) 
referenced in the [generate guids guide](http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/general/generate_guids.html)

NOTE: You have to uppercase the GUID's that this site generates to be fully compatible with the installer.

### Generating InfluxDB Binaries

To generate the necessary InfluxDB binaries, pull down the [project](http://github.com/influxdb/influxdb).  Then with a valid [go](http://golang.org) 
environment set up, run the following script:

```sh
./build.sh
```

### Generating the MSI

First, we need to use candle to create our intermmediate object that will turn into an msi file.

```
candle.exe -nologo influxdb.wxs -out influxdb.wixobj  -ext WixUtilExtension  -ext WixUIExtension
```

Now we can generate the msi file with this command:

```
light.exe -nologo influxdb.wixobj -out influxdb.msi  -ext WixUtilExtension  -ext WixUIExtension
```

## Chronograf Windows Packager

This project uses the [Wix Toolset](http://wixtoolset.org/) to generate a windows msi installer. All of the scripts to build
the Chronograf MSI installer are located in the `chronograf` directory

### Generating the MSI

First, we need to use candle to create our intermmediate object that will turn into an msi file.

```
candle.exe -nologo chronograf.wxs -out chronograf.wixobj  -ext WixUtilExtension  -ext WixUIExtension
```

Now we can generate the msi file with this command:

```
light.exe -nologo chronograf.wixobj -out chronograf.msi  -ext WixUtilExtension  -ext WixUIExtension
```


## Telegraf Windows Packager

This project uses the [Wix Toolset](http://wixtoolset.org/) to generate a windows msi installer. All of the scripts to build
the Telegraf MSI installer are located in the `telegraf` directory


### Generating the MSI

First, we need to use candle to create our intermmediate object that will turn into an msi file.

```
candle.exe -nologo telegraf.wxs -out telegraf.wixobj  -ext WixUtilExtension  -ext WixUIExtension
```

Now we can generate the msi file with this command:

```
light.exe -nologo telegraf.wixobj -out telegraf.msi  -ext WixUtilExtension  -ext WixUIExtension
```