Enabling Demo Mode

Trust Protection Platform includes a setting called Demo Mode that was originally designed to make it easier and faster to demonstrate how the product works. Demo Mode reduces the intervals that the system normally waits to perform certain actions, like how often Discovery checks for work. This is beneficial if you are testing the system, training users on how to use the system, or doing troubleshooting tasks that would work faster with the reduced intervals.

WARNING!  Demo Mode is not intended for production systems. It should not be used in environments with large data sets. It is intended for demoing and testing purposes only.

While the intent of Demo Mode is to increase the responsiveness of the system, this setting will cause problems if there is more data in the system than the system can process during the shortened intervals, which can lead to system instability.

To enable Demo Mode

  1. On the Trust Protection Platform server, open the registry editor and browse to the following location:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Venafi\Platform

  2. Click Edit > New > String Value.

  3. Type the following:

    Demo Mode

  4. Type the following value in the Data column:

    Enabled

  5. Close the registry editor.
  6. Repeat the previous steps for all Trust Protection Platform servers in the cluster.
  7. Restart the running services in the Venafi Configuration Console.

If you decide later that you want to disable Demo Mode, update the registry key to the following data value:

Disabled