Configure Session Recording:

You can record the various remote privileged sessions initiated by users from Securden GUI. The recordings can then be played back as a video. Enabling session recording is a two-step process.

First, you need to enable session recording and specify which type of sessions are to be recorded (RDP, SSH, SQL, Telnet, etc.) and the location where the recorded files are to be stored.

In the second step, you need to switch on session recording at the accounts level or at the folder level. The sessions launched only by the accounts for which session recording is switched on will be recorded. Until the two steps are completed, sessions will not be recorded.

Prerequisite

Before proceeding with session recording configuration, you should have optionally configured remote gateways for Windows and UNIX devices. You may designate a dedicated, hardened server (Windows or Linux) as the jump box for a select set of devices to route all remote operations originating from Securden through the remote gateway. Securden will route remote connections through the respective jump box and start recording sessions.

Steps to configure session recording

An overview of steps to configure session recording is to first enable the session recording and then specify the type of sessions to be recorded. Secondly, pick the location where they will be stored. To record sessions on remote computers, deploy the advanced recorder for windows.

Step 1: Enable session recording

To enable session recording, navigate to Admin >> Remote sessions and recordings >> Session recording configuration to perform this step.

Toggle the session recording slider as depicted in the below screenshot.

Step 2: Specify the type of Session to be recorded

You can choose to record specific types of sessions alone. You can select any of the required sessions from the list displayed on the interface - RDP, SSH, SQL, and Telnet sessions.

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Only the type of sessions selected here will be recorded, provided session recording is enabled for the respective account.

Step 3: Select the location where the recordings should be stored

You can browse and choose a location on your device, network, or shared drive, on your cloud storage service. Recorded files will be stored in this location. Securden will access this location to playback the recorded sessions.

Note

If you are using multiple application servers, you need to ensure that the folder where recorded files are stored, is accessible to all the application servers.

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If you manually move the recorded files to another location, Securden will not be able to playback those moved sessions when you try to.

Storing recorded sessions on a shared drive

If you are using multiple application servers, you need to ensure that the folder where recorded files are stored, is accessible to all the application servers. If you choose to store them on a shared drive, ensure that the user accounts used to run Securden PAM Service on all application servers have read/write access to the folder. To do this, in services.msc, search for Securden PAM Service and Securden PAM Web Service, go to 'Log On' tab, and enter the account which has read/write permission to the shared folder. Do this for all application servers as needed.