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Download the SolarWinds Orion SDK and start using SWQL

This article provides information on downloading the Orion Software Development Kit (SDK) that includes SWQL Studio, the PowerShell snapin, and code samples.

First published date

10/10/2018 3:59 PM

Last published date

1/30/2025 5:43 PM

Overview

This article describes how to download the Orion Software Development Kit (SDK) that includes SWQL Studio, the PowerShell snap-in, and samples from the existing installable SDK package. This code is being made available under the Apache 2.0 license.

To learn more about the SolarWinds Query Language (SWQL), see these resources:

Product section

Orion Platform

Resolution

The download is located at OrionSDK.

If Chocolatey is installed, you may use the package manager to download and install the SDK. The package is named "orionsdk". After installing the package manager, the command cinst orionsdk will download and install the latest version silently.

See this THWACK thread for more information: Orion SDK Moving to GitHub

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