Build from source

The agent is plain C++ against the Win32 API, built with nmake. No libraries beyond the Windows SDK.

What you need

Visual Studio 2022 or later (Community is fine) with the Desktop development with C++ workload
Inno Setup 6 for the installer, in its default folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 6

Build

Open an x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS (or run vcvars64.bat) in the source folder:

nmake               rem programs and the event message DLL
nmake installer     rem output\windows_reporting_agent_setup_3.2.exe
nmake clean

Source files

File	Contents
`windows_reporting_agent_svc.cpp`	The service: main loop, report builder
`common.cpp`, `common.h`	Settings, inventory collection, CIFS and SCP delivery, HTTPS upload
`agent_auth.cpp`, `agent_auth.h`	Machine key, certificate, signing, registration, multipart POST
`send_test_report.cpp`	Sends one report now
`windows_reporting_agent.mc`	Event log message DLL
`windows_reporting_agent_installer.iss`	Inno Setup script
`windows_reporting_agent.ini`	Default settings, with comments
`php/`	`register.php`, `upload.php`, `admin.php`, `status.php`, `report.php`, `wra_lib.php`, `wra_page.php`, `install_server.sh`, `install_demo.sh`, `server.ini.example`
`bash/`	Original fleet status page script
`tools/`	`gen_docs.py` for these pages, `gen_sample_fleet.py` for sample reports

Development install

build.txt lists the individual compiler commands and the registry keys and commands for installing the service by hand, without the installer. send_test_report.exe reads the INI file next to it, so you can test against a development server from the build folder.