Safeguard for Privileged Sessions On Demand Hosted - Safeguard Desktop Player User Guide

To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, read the following sections.

The Safeguard Desktop Player application supports the following platforms:

• Microsoft Windows:

  64-bit version of Windows 7 or newer. Install the appropriate driver for your graphic card.

• Linux:

  RHEL 7, CentOS 7, or newer. The Safeguard Desktop Player application will probably run on other distributions as well that have at least libc6 version 2.17 installed.

  Depending on the distribution, you will need the following packages installed:

  • On Debian-based GNU/Linux:

    • libxcb-render-util0

    • libxcb-keysyms1

    • libxcb-image0

    • libxcb-randr0

    • libxcb-xkb1

    • libxcb-xinerama0

    • libxcb-icccm4

  • On CentOS/Red Hat:

    • xcb-util-renderutil

    • xcb-util-keysyms

    • xcb-util-image

• Mac:

  macOS High Sierra 10.13, or newer.

Installing the Safeguard Desktop Player application requires about 200MB 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.

The following describes how to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application.

To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application

1. Download the Safeguard Desktop Player application for Windows from the Downloads page.

2. • Navigate to the download directory and start the downloaded file.

   • Silent install if using terminal: Alternatively, from terminal, use the msiexec /quiet silent install to install the Safeguard Desktop Player, for example, msiexec /i <player.msi> INSTALLFOLDER="C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Safeguard\" /quiet

   The installation wizard opens.

3. Figure 6: Setup preferences

   

   Click Next to create the start menu icon, and register the audit trail file extensions.

4. Figure 7: Select the installation folder

   

   Select the installation folder for the Safeguard Desktop Player application, then click Next.

   The default installation folder is C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Safeguard.

   Click Next.

5. Read the Software Transaction, License and End User License Agreements of Safeguard Desktop Player, select I accept the license, then click Next.

6. Click Install to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, then Finish when the installation is complete.

The following describes how to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application if using the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords (SPP) desktop client application to view audit trails for trails created and indexed with One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS).

From Safeguard Desktop Player version 1.9, the default installation folder on Microsoft Windows has changed from C:\Program Files\Safeguard\Safeguard Desktop Player to C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Safeguard\. SPP still looks for Safeguard Desktop Player at the previous location, that is, C:\Program Files\Safeguard Desktop Player.

When installing Safeguard Desktop Player version 1.9 or later to use with the SPP desktop client application, change the default installation folder to C:\Program Files\Safeguard\Safeguard Desktop Player as described below.

To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application on Windows if using the SPP desktop client application

1. Download the Safeguard Desktop Player application for Windows from the Downloads page.

2. Open a terminal with elevated privileges.

3. Enter msiexec /i <player.msi> INSTALLFOLDER="C:\ProgramFiles\Safeguard" /quiet

   The Safeguard Desktop Player will be installed at C:\Program Files\Safeguard Desktop Player and you can use it with the SPP desktop client application.