Install on Windows

Download the installer

Download rabtly-setup-<version>-amd64.exe from the releases page .

Run the installer

Double-click the installer and follow the prompts. It will:

• Install rabtly-tray.exe and rabtlyd.exe to C:\Program Files\Rabtly\
• Create a Start Menu shortcut
• Create a default config file at %APPDATA%\Rabtly\config.json

Launch the app

Find Rabtly in the Start Menu and open it. A gray circle appears in the system tray (bottom-right taskbar area).

Configure your server

Right-click the tray icon → Settings… — this opens %APPDATA%\Rabtly\config.json in Notepad.

Edit it to point to your server:

{
  "control_url": "https://your-server:8080",
  "node_name": "my-windows-pc",
  "network_id": "default",
  "enroll_token": ""
}

Save the file, then click the tray icon → Connect.

Verify it’s connected

The tray icon turns blue and shows ● Connected. Open the dashboard → Nodes to confirm your PC is online.

Download the daemon

Download rabtlyd.exe from the releases page , or extract it from the installer directory after running it (C:\Program Files\Rabtly\rabtlyd.exe).

Run in PowerShell (as Administrator)

$env:RABTLY_CONTROL_URL = "https://your-server:8080"
$env:RABTLY_NODE_NAME   = "my-windows-pc"
$env:RABTLY_STATE_DIR   = "$env:APPDATA\Rabtly\state"
& "C:\Program Files\Rabtly\rabtlyd.exe"

Run at startup (Task Scheduler)

1. Open Task Scheduler and click Create Task…
2. On the General tab, check Run with highest privileges
3. On the Triggers tab → New… → At startup
4. On the Actions tab → New… → set Program to C:\Program Files\Rabtly\rabtlyd.exe
5. On the Actions tab, add environment variables in the Add arguments field:

   (leave blank — set env vars via a wrapper .cmd file instead)

Alternatively, create a wrapper batch file:

@echo off
set RABTLY_CONTROL_URL=https://your-server:8080
set RABTLY_NODE_NAME=my-windows-pc
set RABTLY_STATE_DIR=%APPDATA%\Rabtly\state
"C:\Program Files\Rabtly\rabtlyd.exe"