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To activate the Processing Engine, start your {{% product-name %}} server with the `--plugin-dir` flag. This flag tells InfluxDB where to load your plugin files.
> [!Important]
> **Keep influxdb3 and python/ together.**
> #### Keep influxdb3 and python/ together
>
> The influxdb3 binary requires the adjacent `python/` directory to function.
> If you manually extract from tar.gz, keep them in the same parent directory:
> The `influxdb3` tar archive includes the `influxdb3` binary and a `python/` directory.
> If you move the `influxdb3` binary, ensure that the `influxdb3` binary and the `python/`
> directory remain together.
>
> {{< filesystem-diagram >}}
> - your-install-location/
> - your-install-location/
> - influxdb3
> - python/
> {{< /filesystem-diagram >}}
>
> Add the parent directory that contains both influxdb3 and python/ to your PATH; do not move the binary out of this directory.
> Add the parent directory that contains both the `influxdb3` binary and the `python/` directory
> to your system $PATH.
{{% code-placeholders "NODE_ID|OBJECT_STORE_TYPE|PLUGIN_DIR" %}}