1--- 2title: Install Vector via Window Installer 3sidebar_label: MSI 4description: Install Vector through the Windows Installer 5--- 6 7<%- package_manager = metadata.installation.package_managers.msi -%> 8<%- downloads = metadata.installation.select_downloads(package_manager: package_manager.name) -%> 9<%- interfaces = fetch_interfaces(package_manager.interfaces) -%> 10<%- strategies = fetch_strategies(package_manager.strategies) -%> 11 12Vector can be installed from an MSI package through the Windows Installer. 13 14## Install 15 16<%= installation_tutorial(interfaces, strategies, heading_depth: 3) %> 17 18## Configuring 19 20The Vector configuration file is placed in: 21 22```text 23%ProgramFiles%\Vector\config\vector.toml 24``` 25 26A full spec is located at `%ProgramFiles%\Vector\config\vector.spec.toml` and examples are 27located in `%ProgramFiles%\Vector\config\examples\*`. You can learn more about configuring 28Vector in the [Configuration][docs.configuration] section. 29 30## Deploying 31 32How you deploy Vector is largely dependent on your use case and environment. 33Please see the [deployment section][docs.deployment] for more info on how to 34deploy Vector. 35 36## Administering 37 38Vector can be managed as a [Windows Service][urls.windows_service]: 39 40<Jump to="[[[docs.administration]]]">Administration</Jump> 41 42## Uninstalling 43 44```bat 45msiexec /x {7FAD6F97-D84E-42CC-A600-5F4EC3460FF5} /quiet 46``` 47 48## Updating 49 50Follow the [install](#install) steps again, downloading the latest version of 51Vector. 52 53## Package 54 55### Architectures 56 57Vector's MSI packages only support the X86_64 architecture. 58 59### Versions 60 61Vector's MSI packages can be downloaded with the following URLs. Note that 62Vector maintains special URLS that are automatically updated whenever Vector is 63[released][urls.vector_releases]: 64 65<%= downloads_urls(downloads) %> 66 67### Source Files 68 69Vector's MSI source files are located in 70[Vector's repo][urls.vector_msi_source_files]. 71 72