Redgate Test Data Manager

Data Generation installation

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.

  1. Download the latest data generator for your operating system.
  2. Extract the compressed file/Copy CLI binary to a folder of your choosing.
  3. OPTIONAL Add data generator folder to your PATH so it's accessible from anywhere in your environment.
  4. OPTIONAL Try the --version command to check the data generator is running correctly.
  5. You are now ready to run the data generator! To further explore what the data generator can do, check out the command-line reference guide and have a go at the worked examples.



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