Windows

WARNING

EventStoreDB doesn't install as a Windows service. You need to ensure that the server executable starts automatically.

Install from Chocolatey

EventStoreDB has Chocolatey packages (opens new window) available that you can install with the following command in an elevated terminal:

choco install eventstore-oss

Download the binaries

You can also download (opens new window) a binary, unzip the archive and run from the folder location with an administrator console.

The following command starts EventStoreDB with the database stored at the path ./db and the logs in ./logs. Read mode about configuring the EventStoreDB server node in the Configuration section.

EventStore.ClusterNode.exe --db ./db --log ./logs

EventStoreDB runs in an administration context because it starts an HTTP server through http.sys. For permanent or production instances you need to provide an ACL such as:

netsh http add urlacl url=http://+:2113/ user=DOMAIN\username

For more information, refer to Microsoft add urlacl documentation (opens new window).

To build EventStoreDB from source, refer to the EventStoreDB GitHub repository (opens new window).

Uninstall

If you installed EventStoreDB with Chocolatey, you can uninstall with:

choco uninstall eventstore-oss

This removes the eventstore-oss Chocolatey package.

If you installed EventStoreDB by downloading a binary (opens new window), you can remove it by:

• Deleting the EventStore-OSS-Win-* directory.
• Removing the directory from your PATH.