Step 1 – Sign up to Experda

• Goto the Experda website and create a new account
• Enter your work email and press continue. A verification email will be sent to you.

• Enter the verification code and press “continue”.

• After continuing, save your credentials for later usage.

Step 2 – Create a new company from the main dashboard

After successfully registering your details, you will arrive at your main dashboard, which will be empty. Press the button “create company” from the top right corner or alternatively from the top left main viewer options drop-down list.

• An add new company dialog will appear. Enter the details of the company/client.

1. Select “Experda” as the partner.
2. Select your country from the support country If your country is missing, select another country and contact Experda to ask for your country to be added.
3. Select your timezone from the list.
4. Press “Create Company”.
5. Expect up to 60 seconds for the new company to be created and affiliated with your account.

Step 3 – Download agent installation file

• From the dialog box, copy and paste the text for later usage.
• Press “Download Agent” to download the agent installation file.

• Save the agent installation file, as it is tailored specifically to your account.

Step 4 – Install the agent on a dedicated machine

• Consult the agent installation prerequisites and hardware options before installation.
• Download the file to the dedicated agent machine and follow the following installation instructions.

Step 1 – press “install”.

Step 2 – Check the “Launch” checkbox and “finish” to load the agent configuration. If you miss the “Launch,” you can always relaunch the agent configuration directly from the path: “C:\Program Files\ezCheetaCloud\CloudSetup\CloudInstaller.exe”

Step 3 – Enter service information credentials. These credentials will be used to run the agent as a local service. Make sure to provide credentials with administrative roles.

After pressing “Apply,” the following “Success” message should appear on the top left corner of the wizard.

Step 4 – Portal Information

The username, password and client id are built into the msi file itself and should appear automatically. Press “Next” to complete the configuration process.

After the installation, a new service will be added to the dedicated machine called “Experda Agent”.

Step 5 – Add a new Managed Server [see next section]