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Installation

This section shows how to install and update Xtract Core. Xtract Core is distributed as a .zip file.

Prerequisites

For more information on system requirements and supported SAP systems, see Knowledge Base: Requirements.

Install Xtract Core

To install the Xtract Core Windows service:

  1. Extract all files from the XtractCore.zip archive into the directory where you want to install Xtract Core.
  2. Open a command line tool with administrator rights and navigate to the installation directory.
  3. Run the following command to install the Xtract Core Windows service and to create a dedicated virtual user that runs the service: 
    service.exe -i --virtual-service-user
  4. Make sure that the Xtract Core service "SAP Connector" is running on your Windows system and that the default port 1337 is not blocked by the firewall.
    xtract-core-service

The Xtract Core Windows service can now receive HTTP requests. For information on how to change the default settings of the Xtract Core service, refer to the service settings and network-settings.

Note

To update Xtract Core replace the files in the installation directory with the new Xtract Core installation files.

Warning

Access is denied.
The virtual user that is created during the installation of Xtract Core has minimal access rights. If Xtract Core is installed in a user-specific directory (e.g., C:\Users\<username>\Documents), the virtual user cannot access the files. To successfully run the Windows service, grant the virtual user access rights to the directory or install Xtract Core in a system-level directory, e.g., C:\XtractCore.

Update Xtract Core

To install a new version of Xtract Core, replace the files in the existing installation directory with the files from the XtractCore.zip archive. It is not necessary to uninstall the previous version.

Refer to Changelog for a list of latest updates and release notes.

Last update: August 29, 2025