# Question about installing APM server on Windows Platform **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Tags:** server\ **Created:** [August 17, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655 "2021-08-17T09:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![afan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@afan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655/1 "2021-08-17T09:23:37Z")
Hi all, I'm a newbie here and trying to setup APM server on Windows platform. ElasticSearch and kibana both were setup already and when I am trying to install the APM server, I found below error when I check the APM server status. "No APM Server detected. Please make sure it is running and you have updated to 7.0 or higher." apm-server service is up and running and may I ask how can I troubleshoot this issue please? Many thanks. **Kibana version** : 7.14.0 **Elasticsearch version** : 7.13.4 **APM Server version** : 7.14 ---
**Author:** ![simitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simitt/32/106406_2.png) [@simitt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655/2 "2021-08-17T10:11:28Z")
Hi @afan , have you [configured](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/7.14/elasticsearch-output.html) the Elasticsearch `url`, `username`, `password` etc. in the `apm-server.yml`? I suggest to check the APM Server logs for any indicators about the server not being able to connect to Elasticsearch as a next step. ---
**Author:** ![afan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@afan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655/3 "2021-08-17T10:17:43Z")
@simitt Yes I did configure the yml file as shown attached. ![elasticsearch1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/1/e1f04f70f35e288da62763d8ebe12375ae501026.jpeg) In terms of the log, I couldn't find anything related to APM under my elasticsearch folder (ie. ..\Elasticsearch\Logs). Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![afan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@afan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655/4 "2021-08-17T12:10:43Z")
I could find the APM logs from **C:\ProgramData\apm-server\logs** but looks like no hints on not being able to connect to ElasticSearch. ---
**Author:** ![simitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simitt/32/106406_2.png) [@simitt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655/5 "2021-08-17T13:06:50Z")
Can you try to send some sample data to the APM Server and see if they get ingested into Elasticsearch? You could download an example request body from [example-intake-events](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/current/example-intake-events.html) and then send it to the APM Server. Something along the lines of `curl -H "Content-type: application/x-ndjson" -H "Authorization: Bearer " --data-binary @request-body.ndjson /intake/v2/events`. ---
**Author:** ![afan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@afan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655/6 "2021-08-18T09:25:17Z")
@simitt sorry I am quite confused. As I still do not have any APM agent has been setup right now, how can I sent those API intake to my APM server? I am lost in this step, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-installing-apm-server-on-windows-platform/281655/7 "2021-09-08T05:25:48Z")
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