Data Generation installation
Published 16 October 2023
This page details everything you need to do to have a working version of the data generator on your system.
CLI only
Please note that this focus on installation of the CLI version of the capability. Please check the installation guide for usage in the Redgate Test Data Manager GUI.
Contents
Before you begin
Please check our data generation requirements.
We do not require elevated access to execute the CLI executable.
Installation
CLI binary
All distributions of the data generator CLI binaries are packaged using zip for all host operating systems.
- Download the latest
data generator
for your operating system. - Extract the compressed file/Copy CLI binary to a folder of your choosing.
- If you have not already activated your Test Data Manager license, you must do that now. You can do this from the data generator command-line. For more details see Activating your license
- OPTIONAL Add
data generator
folder to your PATH so it's accessible from anywhere in your environment. - OPTIONAL Try the
--version
command to check the data generator is running correctly. - You are now ready to run the
data generator!
To further explore what thedata generator
can do, check out the command-line reference guide and have a go at the worked examples.