For the installer and step-by-step instructions on how to set up a NATS server on Windows, see section **Step 1: Install a NATS server** in the [Multi-Platform Probe for PRTG][manual] manual.
For step-by-step instructions on how to configure PRTG, see section **Step 2: Configure connection in PRTG** in the [Multi-Platform Probe for PRTG][manual] manual.
ℹ️ If necessary you can put your custom [CA certificate][TLS] into `/config/certs` and specify it in the `/config/config.yml` as well:
```yaml
access_key: YOUR_PROBE_ACCESS_KEY
nats:
url: tls://localhost:23561
authentication:
user: USER
password: PASSWORD
server_ca: /config/certs/ca.crt
```
ℹ️ The container also used the `/config` volume to store the [multi-platform probe's GID][GID] and therefore cannot be set as read-only (`:ro`) unless you specify the [multi-platform probe's GID][GID] as an environment variable.
The multi-platform probe container supports all safe environment variables which are environment variables which do not contain secrets.
While the container provides some defaults, we recommend that you change the following environment variables to your liking:
| Environment Variable | Description | Default |
|--|--|--|
| `PRTGMPPROBE__NAME` | The name of the object shown in PRTG. | `multi-platform-probe@$(hostname)` |
| `PRTGMPPROBE__ID` | The GID of the multi-platform probe. This must be a valid UUIDv4. The container automatically generates the GID when you create it and stores the GID in the `/config` volume. If you want to ensure that you always get the same UUIDv4, then we recommend that you use `uuidgen(1)` with a unique DNS string for your container, e.g. `uuidgen --namespace @dns --name com.paesslerfans.containers.acme --sha1`. | Randomly generated on the first run. |
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