Defining the temporary recording directory for a broker

You can define the directory where session recordings are temporarily stored on the broker, by configuring broker properties.

About this task

For remote control sessions that involve a broker, if the Force Session Recording policy is enabled, the session is recorded by the broker. During the recording, the data is temporarily stored on the broker before it is uploaded to the server at the end of the session. You can define in which directory the recording is stored by adding a property to the broker configuration file. To define a recording directory, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Edit the trc_broker.properties file.
    In the Windows™ operating system, the properties file is in the \Broker directory within the brokers’s working directory.

    In a Windows™ system, the file is in \ProgramData\BigFix\Remote Control\Broker\.

    In the Linux™ operating system, the file is in the /etc directory.

  2. Add the following property.
    RecordingDir
    Use this property to define the directory that the session recording is temporarily stored on the broker if Force Session Recording is set to Yes.

    For example, RecordingDir=c:\\tmp. When you are using a backslash in the path, you must enter two backslashes.

    You can also specify relative directories. For example, RecordingDir=tmp. The recording is temporarily stored in the tmp directory within the working directory of the broker.

    If you do not add RecordingDir to the properties file, the recording is temporarily stored in the working directory of the broker.