General information
The Guardant Protection Studio utility is the part of the Guardant SLK software licensing and protection developer tools
The utility is installed automatically as part of the Guardant SLK installation and depends on the type of operating system used: MS Windows or Linux.
Installation
To protect a .NET program in Guardant Protection Studio x86, .NET Core 3.1 runtime x86 must be installed; to protect in Guardant Protection Studio x64, .NET Core 3.1 runtime x64 must be installed.
To run a protected .NET program, .NET 6 runtime x64 must be installed.
OS MS Windows
- Download the required version of Guardant SLK for OS MS Windows from https://www.guardant.com/support/developers/slk/.
Note
To download the latest version of Guardant SLK, after clicking the Download version [version] button, you should fill out and send the Download request form by specifying the required data and clicking the Send button.
To download an earlier version of Guardant SLK, after clicking the icon
you need to accept the License Agreement by ticking the appropriate checkbox and clicking the Terms accepted button. - Launch the file GuardantSLK-[utility version].msi.
- In the Guardant Software Licensing Kit Setup:
- click Next;
- accept the License Agreement by selecting the appropriate field and click Next;
- specify the utility installation directory and the need for a shortcut in the Start menu and click Next;
- click Install to start the installation process;
- Click Finish to complete the installation program.
As a result, a Guardant Protection Studio shortcut
will appear on the PC desktop and in the Start menu, if this was specified during installation.The installation of Guardant Protection Studio is complete.
OS Linux
- Download the required version of Guardant SLK for OS Linux from https://www.guardant.com/support/developers/slk/.
Примечание
To download the latest version of Guardant SLK, after clicking the Download version [version] button, you should fill out and send the Download request form by specifying the required data and clicking the Send button.
To download an earlier version of Guardant SLK, after clicking the icon
you need to accept the License Agreement by ticking the appropriate checkbox and clicking the Terms accepted button. - Unpack the GuardantSLK-[utility version].tar.gz archive using the Extract Here or Extract to commands from the context menu or by entering the following command in the terminal:
tar -xvf GuardantSLK-[версия утилиты].tar.gz
The installation of Guardant Protection Studio is complete.
Launch
Before start the utility, it is necessary to register in the Guardant Station system: self-hosted or cloud.
Graphic mode
OS MS Windows
There are three ways to launch the utility.
Method 1.
Use a shortcut
on the PC desktop (it is created automatically during Guardant SLK installation).Method 2.
Примечание
Used in case when Create a shortcut on the start menu was specified during Guardant SLK installation.
- Enter Guardant Protection Studio in the Start menu search bar.
- Launch the found application.
Method 3.
- Go to the directory where the Guardant SLK is installed (by default, this is C:\Program Files (x86)\Guardant\Software Licensing Kit).
- Go to the bin directory.
- Launch the protection_studio.exe file.
OS Linux
There are two ways to launch the utility.
Method 1.
- Open file manager.
- Go to the directory where Guardant SLK is installed.
- Go to the Software Licensing Kit/bin/x64 directory.
- Launch the protection_studio file.
Method 2.
- Open Terminal.
- Enter the following commands sequentially:
cd [directory location Software Licensing Kit]/Software Licensing Kit/bin/x64 ./protection_studio
Console mode
Utility console interface launch and use is described in Console mode. Integration with the build server.
Authorization
Graphic mode
Only users registered in the Guardant Station system with the appropriate roles can log in to Guardant Protection Studio.
Guardant Protection Studio [utility version] authorization window opens automatically after the utility launch.
For successful authorization follow the steps:
- Click Settings and check that the Guardant Station address field contains the correct Guardant Station server address.
If the registration is in the cloud version of the Guardant Station system, the Guardant Station address field should contain the address https://station.guardant.com/.
- Click Back.
- Enter the email address and password you used during the Guardant Station system registration.
- Click Login.
Authorization completed.
By default, after authorization, the utility operates in standard mode.
To enable demo mode, it is necessary to move the Demo mode switch to the active position
.Console mode
The utility console mode does not require authorization.