A Site Server can be installed at different locations. It manages local clients, and it reports important statistics to the AGR Server.
SSR Installation Steps
Once the installer verifies the aggregator server details, the installation process for the site server can begin. The first site server can be installed before installing the AGR, however, you need AGR verification for the second SSR onwards.
To begin the installation of Seqrite Endpoint Protection Site Server, follow these steps:
- Open the terminal on your Ubuntu endpoint and log in as a root user.
- Execute the installer by typing the following command:
bash Seqrite_EndPoint_Security_8_3.sh -c
The Seqrite Endpoint Protection setup wizard starts[AAT1] .
- Click Start.
- The license agreement appears. Read the License Agreement carefully. Installation and usage of Seqrite Endpoint Protection is subject to your formal acceptance of the Seqrite Endpoint Protection end-user license terms and conditions.
Press the R key to read more. Click Yes, I Agree to continue.
- The Installation Type screen appears.
· Single Node Installation – Type S and hit [Enter].
· Distributed Installation – Type D and hit [Enter].
- The Customer Information screen appears. Enter the details step by step. This information is important to activate Seqrite EPP on your machine.
The Setup installs Seqrite Endpoint Protection in the default folder. The folder path appears. Available and required disk space is calculated automatically and the figures are displayed.
- To continue, hit [Enter]. Ensure that there is the required space available on the disk.
- The Server Configuration screen appears. Here for Private IP or Public or FQDN installation, select IP Address or Domain Name from the list. To continue, hit [Enter].
Note: Default values of HTTP Port and SSL Port appear. To continue with default values, hit [Enter]. Else type the port values and hit [Enter]. The port connections are tested, and port numbers are validated. This port number serves as a listening port for the server. With Seqrite Endpoint Protection server address, you can launch the console.
- If you select Distributed Installation on the Installation Type screen, then only Distributed Server Configuration screen appears. Else, the Proxy Settings screen appears, go to next step.
a. Type IP address or hostname of the Distributed Server and hit [Enter].
b. Type Username and hit [Enter].
c. Type Password and hit [Enter]. You cannot view the typed password.
- The Proxy Settings screen appears. If you are using a proxy server to connect to the Internet, type 1 and hit [Enter].
If you want to continue without enabling Proxy Settings, type 2 and hit [Enter]. The Proxy Setting information is used by EPP server for internet connectivity, activation, and for downloading updates. To enable and configure proxy settings:
a. Type the IP address of the proxy server or domain name (For example, proxy.yourcompany.com) and hit [Enter].
b. Type the port number of the proxy server (For example: 80) and hit [Enter].
c. Type 1 to authenticate to connect through the proxy server. Type 2 to continue without authentication.
d. Type Username.
The success message appears if the connection to the proxy server is successful.
- The Installation Folder screen appears. Seqrite client is installed on the endpoint as per the path specified in this screen.
Required disk space and available disk space is shown.
- To continue hit [Enter].
- The Authentication screen appears. Create Seqrite Endpoint Protection administrator password to access the Web console and endpoint password to access the endpoint settings at the endpoint side.
a. Type in Administrator Email Address and hit [Enter] or you can continue with the Email address appeared. To continue, hit [Enter].
b. Type in your password and hit [Enter]. Type password again to confirm the password and hit [Enter]. You cannot view the typed password.
c. You can provide client credentials. This is optional. Type 1 to specify client credentials and hit [Enter]. Type in client password and hit [Enter]. Type client password again to confirm the password and hit [Enter]. You cannot view the typed password.
d. This helps prevent unauthorized users from accessing the Web console and make changes in your settings or remove the endpoints.
e. Type 2 to continue without providing client credentials and hit [Enter].
- The installation summary screen appears. Activation and Server Configuration data is displayed. Ensure to note the EPP Login URL.
a. Click Save Summary to save summary file at path/opt and hit [Enter].
b. Click Next to continue without saving and hit [Enter].
- Once the installation process is complete, the success screen appears.
Note: Re-installation of EPP Site Server. In Minimal/CLI Mode for UBUNTU 22.04 LTS after uninstalling EPP 8.1, you cannot install EPP 8.2 server with the same product key.
Site Server Onboarding from the SSR Console
As soon as you log in to the SSR console, an EPP console tour window appears. If you start the tour, at the end of it, a pop up appears asking you to onboard the SSR to AGR.
Even if you skip the tour, the same pop up appears asking you to onboard the SSR to AGR.
· Click the Send Onboarding Request button to go to the Configuration/Onboard to Aggregator page.
· Click the Don’t remind me again button to close the dialog box and stop these alerts from appearing.
· Click the Remind me later button to close the dialog box. It appears again on your next login.
· Click the cancel icon (X) to close the dialog box. It appears again on your next login.
Onboarding Steps after Configuring SSR
Follow these steps to onboard the site server from the site server console.
- On the SSR console, go to Configurations > Onboarding to Control Center.
- Enter the Aggregator Host Name/IP Address of the aggregator server to which this site server needs to be connected.
- Enter the Aggregator Port number.
- Click Send Onboarding Request to continue.
The request goes to the aggregator server. An alert is displayed on the AGR dashboard requesting to approve the onboarding request[AT2] . Wait for the approval. Once approved, then the SSR details are reflected in the site server list on the AGR console and on the Configurations > Onboarding to Aggregator page of the SSR.
While the request is sent from the SSR, it shows Pending for Approval with the following details on the Onboarding to Aggregator page of the SSR console.
Pending onboarding with Aggregator:
· Aggregator IP
· Port Number
· Request sent on date and time
Once approved, it shows Successful Onboarding message with these details:
· Aggregator IP
· Port Number
· Onboarded on Date and Time
Last Connected Date and Time