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Notification Client (psntfclient)

Client software is required only if users will be notified via their web browser. For Windows clients, Bravura Security provides ntfclient.msi, or ntfclient-x64.msi for 64-bit systems located in the \<instance>\addon\ directory. For Unix/MacOSX clients, you can write a Perl script based on ntfclient.pl, located in the \<instance>\samples\ directory.

Requirements

Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime must be installed with elevated privileges prior to installing with psntfclient-x64.msi or psntfclient.msi.

If it is not installed or it is not installed with elevated privileges, you will see a message such as this when opening the notification client: Runtime error: Couldn't find WebView2 runtime, it should be installed as admin.

To install with elevated privileges, either open a command prompt using the Run as administrator option for cmd.exe or right click on the installer and click Run as administrator, then install Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime.

Note

The installer simply copies the psntfclient program to the file system. It does not configure the client to launch. It is recommended that you install the client on network share, and set up a GPO (Group Policy Object) to launch the client upon user login to their workstation with a command such as psntfclient.exe -userid %USERNAME%.

There are two ways that the psntfclient can be deployed:

  • Run the ntfclient MSI installer on every workstation.

  • Place the psntfclient.exe and webbrowser.dll on a file share.

Click below to view a demonstration including the following steps:

  • Installing Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime with elevated privileges

  • Manually installing the Notification Client (psntfclient) for Windows using the ntfclient-x64.msi

  • Testing desktop web notifications for a user using Windows Command Prompt as Administrator

Steps

To manually install the Notification Client for Windows using the ntfclient.msi or nftclient-x64.msi:

  1. Copy the installer from the addon directory to a scratch directory (C: \ temp) on the local workstation or to a publicly accessible share.

  2. Launch the installer.

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    Click Next .

  3. Read the Bravura Security Fabric license. Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement if you agree to the terms and click Next .

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  4. Click:

    • Typical (recommended)

    • Custom if you want to change the default installation directory from C:\Program Files\Bravura Security\\Notification Client\

  5. Set the URL for the User notifications (PSN) module on the Bravura Security Fabric server, and the Timeout in minutes.

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    Click Next .

  6. Click Install to start the installation.

    The installer begins copying files to your computer. The Installation Complete dialog appears after the notification client has been successfully installed.

  7. Click Finish to exit.

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