Logging
The Safeguard Desktop Player application displays important log messages on the Warnings tab. If you increase the log level of the application above the default, additional log messages are also displayed.
Figure 1: Warnings and logs
You can use the following command-line parameters to specify the log level of the Safeguard Desktop Player application.
- -l or --log-level <number>
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Set the log level of Safeguard Desktop Player. The default is 3, 0 completely disables logging, 7 is the most verbose, used for debugging. For example:
Windows: player.exe --log-level 5
Linux: ./player --log-level 5
- -o or --log-output <path-to-logfile>
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Specify the path and filename of the log file. For example:
Windows: player.exe --log-output desktop-player.log
Linux: ./player --log-output /tmp/desktop-player.log
- -s or --log-spec <log-spec>
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Specify different log levels for certain components of Safeguard Desktop Player. For example:
Windows: player.exe --log-level 3 --log-spec "bdp.core:5"
Linux: ./player --log-level 3 --log-spec "bdp.core:5"
Install Safeguard Desktop Player
To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, read the following sections.
Safeguard Desktop Player system requirements
The Safeguard Desktop Player application supports the following platforms:
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Microsoft Windows:
64-bit version of Windows 7 or newer. Install the appropriate driver for your graphic card.
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Linux:
RHEL 6, CentOS 6, or newer. The Safeguard Desktop Player application will probably run on other distributions as well that have at least libc6 version 2.12 installed.
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Mac:
macOS High Sierra 10.13, or newer.
Installing the Safeguard Desktop Player application requires about 120MB disk space, and a temporarily used disk space to store the audit trails that are replayed. The size of the temporary files depends on the size of the replayed audit trails.
You can install the Safeguard Desktop Player application with user privileges.
Install Safeguard Desktop Player on Windows
The following describes how to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application.
Prerequisites:
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You must have a valid support portal account with access to SPS downloads.
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Microsoft Windows:
64-bit version of Windows 7 or newer. Install the appropriate driver for your graphic card.
For details, see Safeguard Desktop Player system requirements.
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If you already have an earlier version of the Safeguard Desktop Player application installed on the host, uninstall the previous installation. If you want to keep the previous installation for some reason, install the new version into a different directory.
To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application
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Download the Safeguard Desktop Player application for Windows from the Downloads page.
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Install for the current user: Navigate to the download directory and start the downloaded file.
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Install for every user (system-wide installation): Open a command prompt, and navigate to the download directory. Then start the downloaded file with the AllUsers=true parameter. For example: desktop_player_installer.1.0.28.release.exe AllUsers=true
The installation wizard opens. Click Next.
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Figure 2: Select the installation folder
Select the installation folder for the Safeguard Desktop Player application, then click Next.
The default installation folder is C:\Program Files\Safeguard Desktop Player on Microsoft Windows, and ~/SafeguardDesktopPlayer on Linux.
Click Next.
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Read the Software Transaction, License and End User License Agreements of Safeguard Desktop Player, select I accept the license, then click Next.
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Click Install to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, then Finish when the installation is complete.
