# Can the connector be used on Windows Server?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-connector-be-used-on-windows-server/360755>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** connectors\
**Created:** [June 4, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-connector-be-used-on-windows-server/360755 "2024-06-04T05:47:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![eagles40cnuh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@eagles40cnuh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eagles40cnuh)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-connector-be-used-on-windows-server/360755/1 "2024-06-04T05:47:57Z")

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I would like to set up a connector on SQL Server running on Windows Server

1. Select Connector clients (self-managed)

2. Download Python Connector Source code From Github

3. And Setup Python 3.12 on Windows Server

4. But I have this problem

1. Excute Setup.py
2. "os.uname().machine" Command not allowed
3. I was Replace "platform.uname().machine" -\> return value "AMD64"
4. "connectors-main\requirements" not include "AMD64.txt"

Is there a separate connector for Windows Server?

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**Author:** ![Artem\_Shelkovnikov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/artem_shelkovnikov/32/134322_2.png) [@Artem\_Shelkovnikov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Artem_Shelkovnikov)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-connector-be-used-on-windows-server/360755/2 "2024-06-04T08:12:00Z")

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We do not officially support connectors on Windows Server.

Theoretically you can run them by having Python 3.10, installing GNU Make and doing some code adjustments.

I highly recommend using unix to run the connectors - either by Unix Subsystem for Windows, official Docker images or running them manually with `make run`.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-connector-be-used-on-windows-server/360755/3 "2024-07-02T08:12:07Z")

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