NATS is a lightweight messaging system that is open-source and cloud-native. Installing NATS on Windows 10 is fairly simple and can be done in a few quick steps. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you install NATS on your Windows 10 machine.
Before you begin the installation process, you must ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
Download the NATS binary for Windows from https://nats.io/download/nats-io/nats-server/
Extract the downloaded archive to a directory on your local machine.
Open PowerShell with admin privileges.
Navigate to the directory where you extracted the NATS binary.
Run the following command to start the NATS server:
.\nats-server
You should see the NATS server start up, and it will display the port it is listening on.
To verify that the NATS server is running correctly, you can use NATS tooling to connect and initiate a ping pong test. The NATS tooling can be obtained from https://github.com/nats-io/nats-toolbox
You can also use the NATS .NET client to test the connectivity with NATS. The NATS .NET client can be downloaded from https://github.com/nats-io/nats.net
Congratulations, you have successfully installed NATS on your Windows 10 machine!
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