Following the previous step Initial setup of containerized environment‍ you should have a new program installed called Docker Desktop

For SIA Connect to run as a software on your machine, Docker Desktop needs to be running. You can validate this by navigating to Taskbar -> Show hidden icons -> Docker Desktop

Downloading and running SIA Connect 

This step-by-step guide will take you through the process of downloading and running SIA Connect on your Windows device:

• Sign up for the Docker version of SIA Connect by contacting us and receive the download link by e-mail
• Download SIA Connect for Windows
• Unpack the .zip file
• Run the SIA_Connect.exe file
  This will start a container in the Docker Desktop program
• You can verify that SIA Connect is running, by opening the Docker GUI (It should look like the picture below)
  
• With SIA Connect running on your Docker, you can access the Webinterface by inputting http://localhost into your browser

That's it, now SIA Connect is running on your system

Using SIA Connect

When the SIA Connect Docker is running on your system, you can access the webinterface of SIA Connect and set up your configuration. Follow this guide for an in-depth explanation

Updating SIA Connect

New versions of the SIA Connect Docker images will be released at semi-regular intervals. To use these updated images, the user will need to update manually. When running Docker on Windows using the SIA Connect .exe files, this process is fairly simple:

Make sure the SIA_Connect.exe is closed and the sia_connect containers are stopped:

Navigate to the folder where you have the SIA Connect files and open the tools folder:

Run SIA_Connect_update:

Press enter when prompted to close the updater:

Start your SIA Connect application again:

Now your SIA Connect application is fully updated and running