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 capture 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 x86 Redistributable from: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 (vcredist_x86.exe)
2. Download the sysdig zip file from here: https://github.com/draios/sysdig/wiki/Latest-packages
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

Homebrew

brew update
brew install sysdig

MacPorts

sudo port install sysdig