Seqcli forwarder install - Service executable points to missing executable file (2025.2.2443)

[nin-existec]

Hello,

I'm currently trying to automate installation of a Seq forwarder using the new Seqcli tools.

I am aware that this is still in the preview phase, but recently I tried to run the following command:

seqcli forwarder install --pre --storage="PATH_TO_STORAGE" --listen="LISTEN_ADDRESS"

It sets up everything for the windows service correctly, but it points to an executable that does not exist (I have replaced the leading path and storage paths as they were not important):

BASE_DRIVE_PATH_ON_MACHINE\.dotnet\tools\.store\seqcli\2025.2.2432\seqcli\2025.2.2432\tools\net9.0\any\seqcli.exe" forwarder run --pre --storage="PATH_TO_STORAGE"

When I look in that folder, no seqcli.exe file exists.

The currently installed version is "2025.2.2443" and has been installed with the command:

dotnet tool install --global seqcli

Am I doing something wrong or was there supposed to be an executable file at the path?

[nin-existec]

Let me know if you need more information

[nblumhardt]

Hi Nichlas, thanks for the report. I don't think the install command takes the dotnet tool deployment method properly into account; we'll need to dig in a bit deeper and see what's going on, there.

In the meantime, if you download the SeqCli binaries from the releases page of this repo, place them in an easily accessible location, and run the install command from there (i.e. not touching the .NET tool version) the paths should all line up.

[nin-existec]

Hey Nicholas, thank you for your reply. I'm gonna use the binaries directly like you recommended.