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title: "1—Downloading and Installing Wasabi Surveillance Cloud"
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description: "This article provides instruction for signing up for a Wasabi Surveillance Cloud (WSC) free-trial account, downloading, and installing the WSC software."
updated: 2026-10-20T18:24:00Z
published: 2026-10-20T18:24:00Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/1-downloading-and-installing-wasabi-surveillance-cloud"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wasabi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 1—Downloading and Installing Wasabi Surveillance Cloud

## Objectives

- **1—Download and install Wasabi Surveillance Cloud.**
- 2— Activate the Wasabi Surveillance Cloud software.
- 3—Configure Wasabi Surveillance Cloud.

As a new or existing Wasabi customer, you must create a 30-day free trial account to sign up for WSC, as described below. Once you have created an account, continue to download and install the WSC software.

## Signing Up

1. Create a [Wasabi Surveillance account](https://wasabi.com/free-trial-wsc).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/updated sign up page WSC.png)
2. Follow the steps in [Signing Up](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/signing-up-for-wasabi#signing-up) to create a trial Wasabi account. Once complete, return to this page.
3. Continue to [Downloading the WSC Software](/v1/docs/1-downloading-and-installing-wasabi-surveillance-cloud#setting-up-your-new-wasabi-surveillance-cloud-instance) below.

## Downloading the WSC Software

Once you have created your WSC storage account, you will set up your WSC instance in three steps. Begin by downloading and installing the WSC software. Be sure to download and install the software on the the local Windows machine that hosts your recording server.

1. Click [Wasabi Surveillance Cloud software](https://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com/wsc-sw/software/WasabiSurveillanceCloud.exe) to download the WSC software.

> The client, downloaded using this link, will not work unless you have a valid WSC storage account.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/set up WSC instance new page.png)
2. Navigate to the Downloads folder on your machine.
3. Right-click **Wasabi Surveillance Cloud**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/open WSC download(1).png)
4. Click **Run as administrator**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/run%20as%20administrator.png)
5. When the software launches, you will be presented with the Wasabi Surveillance Cloud Setup screen. Click **Next**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/install%20next.PNG)
6. Review the Software License Agreement. Check the box to **accept** the terms and conditions.

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7. Click **Next**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/accept%20terms.PNG)
8. To ensure that WSC optimizes to work with your VMS application, select the VMS that you are using (or intend to use) from the list.

> Selecting a VMS does not add, modify, or delete any configuration on your VMS.
9. If you are a Milestone XProtect user, select **Milestone - XProtect**. This will install the WSC plugin that integrates with Milestone.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/click milestone .png)
10. Optionally, if your VMS application is not listed, select **Other**.
11. If you are are a Milestone XProtect user, WSC offers five software components to install with the WSC software. Click the checkbox(es) to select the appropriate component(s) to install.

You can install these components on either one or separate machines. However, if your XProtect elements are installed on different machines, you must install the WSC software on the appropriate server and select the appropriate application, as shown below.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/image-Q76BECMC.png)
  - Management Client module
  - Recording Server module
  - Shell Extension
  - Smart Client module
  - Event Server module
12. For all other VMS (except Milestone XProtect), the following standard components are available to install with WSC. Click the checkbox(es) to select the appropriate component(s) to install.
  - Wasabi Surveillance Cloud
  - Wasabi Surveillance Cloud Configuration Utility
  - Shell Extension
  - Service Manager
13. Click **Install**. The installation may take several minutes and does not require a system reboot.
14. Once the installation completes, click **Finish**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/components%20installation%20complete%20-%20click%20finish.PNG)
15. Continue to [2—Activating the Wasabi Surveillance Cloud software](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/2-activating-wasabi-surveillance-cloud).

## Objectives Met!

Before proceeding to Step 2, you may want to learn more about [Uninstalling Wasabi Surveillance Cloud](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/uninstalling-wasabi-surveillance-cloud).

- 1—Download and install Wasabi Surveillance Cloud.
- [**2—Activate the Wasabi Surveillance Cloud software**](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/2-activating-wasabi-surveillance-cloud).
- 3—Configure Wasabi Surveillance Cloud.