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            <h1>Install Uptime Kuma on Windows</h1>
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          <h2>What is Uptime Kuma?</h2>

<p><em>Uptime Kuma is a fancy self-hosted monitoring tool. -<a href="https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma" target="_blank">https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma</a></em></p>

<h2>Install Uptime Kuma</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Windows device</li>
	<li>Download Git <a href="https://git-scm.com/download/win" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download NodeJS <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Install Git, accepting all defaults</li>
	<li>Install NodeJS, accepting all defaults</li>
	<li>Click the Start button &gt; Search powershell</li>
	<li>Right click on Windows PowerShell &gt; Run as administrator</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in the PowerShell window
	<div class="codeBlock PS"># change directory to the root of c:\<br />
	cd \<br />
	# clone from git<br />
	git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git .\uptime-kuma<br />
	# change directory to uptime-kuma<br />
	cd .\uptime-kuma\<br />
	# install dependencies<br />
	npm install<br />
	# run setup<br />
	npm run setup<br />
	# run uptime kuma<br />
	node server\server.js</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3001</li>
	<li>Select a language and create an administrator username and password &gt; Click Create</li>
	<li>Welcome to Uptime Kuma</li>
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<h2>Run Uptime Kuma as a Service (Optional, but recommended)</h2>

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	<li>Press CTRL + C to kill the running Uptime Kuma process</li>
	<li>Click on the Start Button &gt; Type task &gt; Launch Task Scheduler</li>
	<li>Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane &gt; Create Basic Task...</li>
	<li>Set the name to Uptime Kuma and optionally set a Description &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>For the Trigger, select When the computer starts &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>For the Action, select Start a program &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Complete the form fields as follows:
	<p>Program/script: &quot;%ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node.exe&quot;<br />
	Add arguments: C:\uptime-kuma\server\server.js<br />
	Start in: C:\uptime-kuma</p>
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	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Check the Open the Properties dialog checkbox &gt; Click Finish</li>
	<li>In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button</li>
	<li>Type System in the Object name field &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Check the Run with highest privileges box</li>
	<li>Click OK to create the scheduled task</li>
	<li>Right click the Uptime Kuma task &gt; Run</li>
	<li>Refresh the open web browser to verify Uptime Kuma is now running from the scheduled task</li>
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