LogViewPlus Add-Ons
Add-Ons are a special class of custom extension developed exclusively by Clearcove. Add-Ons extend LogViewPlus to provide functionality beyond what is available in the standard install.
Unlike other plugin types, LogViewPlus Add-Ons are often specific to a particular task in LogViewPlus. Often the task will be half-implemented in LogViewPlus by default. This gives LogViewPlus the ability to prompt for an add-on if required.
Add-Ons may be used to implement features when one or more of the following criteria are met:
1. The feature is not widely needed.
2. The feature requries additional third-party libraries.
3. The feature adds additional licensing requirements which must be agreed to by the end user.
When an Add-On has been correctly installed, it will be shown in the list of currently loaded plugins with a plugin type of 'Add-On'.
LogViewPlus currently supports three add-ons: IP Address, ETW and ECC.
IP Address
The IP Address Add-On wraps the free DB-IP database into two custom SQL functions which provide IP geolocation capabilities. Please see LVP SQL for the definition and example usage of the functions provided.
IP geolocation can be helpful when generating reports based on IP address. The IP Address Add-On was introduced in LogViewPlus v3.0.16 and is not supported in earlier versions.
To install the IP Address Add-On:
1. Download the IP Address Add-On
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to the %AppData%\LogViewPlus\Plugins\Sql directory. After the zip file is extracted, the Plugins\Sql directory should contain one folder and five files.
3. Enable plugins and restart LogViewPlus.
ETW
The ETW Add-On can be used to provide access to provide access to Microsoft ETW event streams. The ETW Add-On was introduced in LogViewPlus v2.5 and is not supported in earlier versions.
To install the ETW Add-On:
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to the %AppData%\LogViewPlus\Plugins\Etw directory. After the zip file is extracted, the Plugins\Etw directory should contain 24 items (two folders and 22 files).
3. Enable plugins and restart LogViewPlus.
The ETW Add-On requires additional configuration after install. LogViewPlus must be run as an administrator in order to access ETW event streams.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
This add-on is now deprecated as this functionality is built into LogViewPlus v2.5.15 and greater.
The ECC Add-On can be used to provide access to an ECC encryption algorithm (aka, EdDSA or Ed25519) when processing certificates on certain platforms. The ECC Add-On was introduced in LogViewPlus v2.5.7 and is not supported in earlier versions.
To install the ECC Add-On:
2. Extract the contents of the zip file to the %AppData%\LogViewPlus\Plugins\Ecc directory. After the zip file is extracted, the Plugins\Ecc directory should contain 12 files and no folders.
3. Enable plugins and restart LogViewPlus.
The ECC Add-On does not require any additional configuration after installation.