Installation Guide
Get Api2File running on your server in minutes
Installing on Windows
Extract the Archive
Extract the downloaded Api2File archive to a suitable location on your server.
Recommended Location:
C:\Program Files\API2File
Use Windows Explorer's built-in zip extraction or a tool like 7-Zip.
Verify Installation
Confirm Api2File extracted correctly by running the Device ID utility.
Open Command Prompt and run:
cd "C:\Program Files\API2File"
Api2File.DeviceId.Cli.exe
✓ Success: You'll see your server's Device Identifier displayed
✓ Save this identifier—you'll need it to generate your license
Installing on Linux
Extract the Archive
Extract the downloaded Api2File archive to your preferred installation directory.
Recommended Location:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/api2file
sudo unzip api2file-linux-*.zip -d /opt/api2file
Requires unzip utility. Install with: sudo apt-get install unzip
Set Permissions
Make the executables runnable.
cd /opt/api2file
chmod +x Api2File.DeviceId.Cli
chmod +x api2file.cliVerify Installation
Confirm Api2File is installed correctly.
cd /opt/api2file
./Api2File.DeviceId.Cli
✓ Success: You'll see your server's Device Identifier displayed
✓ Save this identifier—you'll need it to generate your license
Docker Installation
Coming Soon
Docker container support is currently in development and will be available in an upcoming release.
In the meantime, we recommend installing Api2File on Windows or Linux directly.