How to Install Sysdig for Windows and OSX

NOTE: currently only the Linux version of sysdig is capable of capturing events and doing live analysis. On the other platforms, you will be limited to working with the trace files generated by a Linux installation of sysdig.

Windows Installation

Requirements

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012

Installation

1. Download and install the Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555
2. Download the sysdig zip file from here http://download.draios.com/stable/windows/sysdig-0.1.612.zip
3. Unzip the file
4. Open a command prompt and navigate to the unzipped folder
5. you can now run sysdig, e.g.
   sysdig -cl

OSX Installation

We don't provide a Mac binary for sysdig yet, so you need to compile the program from the sources. Don't worry, the process is very simple and it's a matter of following the [compilation instructions](How to Install Sysdig from the Source Code).