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Generate a key for Salesforce loader without Windows
I inadvertently broke an integration into Salesforce that was using data loader by disabling a user account of a person that had left the company. The integration was built with dataloader using this users credentials instead of using a service account with API only access. I took the opportunity to set this up properly by creating a service account and documenting the authorization and authentication profiles used in Salesforce.
Windows only?
As I read through the documentation on data loader I stumbled on the following.
Data loader requires windows to generate the encryption string required to run the load process. That’s a problem as I’m on a Mac. I went through a list of options
- Setup an ec2 instance in AWS with Windows.
- Install parallels on my machine and run Windows in a container.
- Install Wine or some other windows emulator.
I ended up choosing the last option, I didn’t want to deal with windows and I wasn’t sure about licensing. Though I’d never run Wine, I felt like I’d rather try to solve issues that arise from trying…
