Installing the Lens Workstation Agent on Windows

Prerequisites

You will need to know the DNS name (FQDN) or IP address of the Lens Collector at your site
You will need administrator rights on the desktop you are installing the application onto

🪄 Installing

Normal installation

Install Chocolatey
Open Powershell as an Administrator

Run the following command. You will be prompted for the Lens Collector FQDN/IP address:

PowerShell

choco upgrade 7fivefive-lens-workstation-agent -s https://nuget.cloudsmith.io/7fivefive/public-prod/v2

Silent installation

Install Chocolatey
Open Powershell as an Administrator

Run the following command:
_{Ensure you change the variables on lines 1 and 2 to match your collector's FQDN and port number.}

PowerShell

$CollectorFqdn = 'your.collector.fqdn'
$CollectorPort = '8443'
choco upgrade 7fivefive-lens-workstation-agent -s https://nuget.cloudsmith.io/7fivefive/public-prod/v2 --params "/COLLECTORFQDN:$CollectorFqdn /COLLECTORPORT:$CollectorPort"

You may need to add the -y parameter to accept additional scripts and licenses during silent installs.

To specify a version use --version=2.0.6

PowerShell

choco install 7fivefive-lens-workstation-agent -s https://nuget.cloudsmith.io/7fivefive/public-prod/v2 -y --version=2.0.6 --params "/COLLECTORFQDN:$CollectorFqdn /COLLECTORPORT:$CollectorPort"

Last updated: July 31, 2025