You can install Seqrite Mac Client in one of the following ways.
· Installing using Apple Remote Desktop or Casper
· Connecting remotely using Secure Shell
o Using Terminal (for Mac and Linux OS)
o Using PuTTY (for Windows OS)
· Deploying through ManageEngine
Creating Mac client Installer
To create Mac client installer, follow these steps:
1 Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Protection .
2 Go to Deployment, click Create Installer button.
The Create Client Installer dialog opens.
3 Enter Package Name and select Group.
4 In the OS platform list, select Mac.
5 Select validity period in the list box. The validity period can be of 30, 60 or 90 days.
6 Click Create.
The
The installer without antivirus setup is created and appears in the list on Deployment > Client Installer page. You can download this installer.
Note
With Standalone Installer, you can create Mac client installer with antivirus setup.
Installing using Apple Remote Desktop or Casper
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) helps you to connect to the Mac client computers remotely in the network, send software to them, install software on them, help other end users in real time, and perform various tasks.
Prerequisites
Before you install Seqrite Mac Client, ensure the following requirements.
· The administrator computer with ARD or Casper installed must have Mac OS 10.12 and later.
· Mac Seqrite Client installer must be created on Seqrite Endpoint Protection . To know about how to create client installer, see Creating Mac Client Installer.
· Administrator must have an account on the Mac client computers with admin privileges.
· Enable Remote Management on the Mac client computers.
· Your administrator computer must have Packages installed on it. Packages is a Mac OS application that helps you to create bundle for your payload and installation. To download Packages, visit http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Packages/about.html.
· For macOS Catalina and above only, do the following on your Mac system,
1 Open System Preferences.
2 Go to Security & Privacy > Privacy tab.
3 Click the lock icon and provide password if it is locked.
4 Select Full Disk Access in the left pane.
5 Add the following process in the given path and then select the processes in the Security & Privacy Full Disk Access window,
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/fr.whitebox.packages/packages_dispatcher
Installing Mac Client using Apple Remote Desktop or Casper
This procedure helps you install Mac client on the remote Mac client computers using ARD or Casper. For more details, you may refer the documentation of the respective software applications.
Creating Mac client package
1 On the Seqrite Endpoint Protection , download UEMREMOTEINST.TAR from the URL,
http://dlupdate.quickheal.com/builds/seqrite/uemcp/en/UEMREMOTEINST.tar
Download Mac client builds from the EPP server. These builds will be in TAR format.
2 Rename the Mac client installer as follows:
· Mac client installer – MCCLAGNT.TAR
3 Extract UEMREMOTEINST.TAR.
4 Copy MCCLAGNT.TAR to “
5 Open Terminal.app on the administrator Mac computer and go to the UEMREMOTEINST folder.
6 Enter the following commands
cd ./Remote_Installation/PKG
sudo sh ./ClientAgentInstaller/CreatePackage.sh
Administrator rights are required for executing this command.
When the package creation completes successfully, ClientAgentInstaller.pkg file is created in the ./Remote_Installation/PKG/ClientAgentInstaller/ folder.
If the Client Packager is failed to create on macOS Catalina and above, do the following
1 Open System Preferences.
2 Go to Security & Privacy > Privacy tab.
3 Click the lock icon and provide password if it is locked.
4 Select Full Disk Access in the left pane.
5 Select the packages_dispatcher check box.
6 Now again try to create Client Packager, it will be created successfully.
Deploying Seqrite Mac Client using Apple Remote Desktop
In addition to the Prerequisites described in the preceding section, follow this prerequisite.
Prerequisite
Before deploying Seqrite Mac client, ensure that you get Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) tool installed on your administrator computer. To download ARD, visit https://www.apple.com/in/remotedesktop.
To deploy Seqrite Mac client using Apple Remote Desktop, follow these steps:
1 Open Apple Remote Desktop.
2 Select the Mac client computers from the list of all available computers and then click
Install to add the package.
3 Click the plus (+) sign to locate and add ClientAgentInstaller.pkg and then click Install to begin deployment.
Deploying Seqrite Mac Client using Casper
In addition to the Prerequisites described in the preceding section, follow this prerequisite.
Prerequisite
Before deploying Seqrite Mac client, ensure that you get Casper tool installed on your administrator computer. Casper helps to install software and run scripts remotely on the client computers. To download Casper, visit http://www.jamfsoftware.com/products/casper-suite/.
To deploy Seqrite Mac client using Casper, follow these steps:
1 Log on to Casper Admin.
2 Drag ClientAgentInstaller.pkg to the window and then select File > Save.
3 Log on to Casper Remote.
4 In the Computers tab, select the Mac client computers from the list of available computers.
5 In the Packages tab, select ClientAgentInstaller.pkg.
6 Click Go.
Connecting remotely using Secure Shell
Secure Shell (SSH) is a network protocol that is used to connect to the remote Mac client computers over secure data communication through command line to manage client computers.
Using Terminal (for Mac or Linux OS)
The administrator computer having either Mac or Linux OS can install client using this method.
Prerequisites
Before you install Seqrite Mac client, ensure the following requirements.
· Administrator must have an account on the Mac client computers with admin privileges.
· Enable Remote Login and either allow access for all users, or only for specific users, such as Administrators. You can find this setting on the Mac computer under System Preferences > Sharing > Remote Login.
· Ensure that the firewall does not block the port that Secure Shell (SSH) uses, which is by default TCP port 22. This port allows the required communication for remote login.
· If you use the Mac firewall, disable stealth mode. With stealth mode enabled, the remote push installation cannot discover the client through Search Network.
· To disable stealth mode on the Mac computers, do the following,
1 In System Preferences, go to Security and Privacy.
2 Click the Lock icon and provide password if it is locked.
3 Select Firewall > Firewall Options.
4 Clear the Enable stealth mode check box if it is selected.
5 Click OK.
· Mac Seqrite client installer must be created on the EPP . To know about how to create client installer, see Creating Mac Client Installer.
Installing Seqrite Mac Client
To install Seqrite Mac client using Terminal, follow these steps on the administrator Mac computer:
On the Seqrite Endpoint Protection , download UEMREMOTEINST.TAR from the URL, http://dlupdate.quickheal.com/builds/seqrite/uemcp/en/UEMREMOTEINST.tar
1 Download Mac client builds from the EPP server. These builds will be in TAR format.
2 Rename the Mac client installer as follows:
Mac client installer – MCCLAGNT.TAR
3 Extract UEMREMOTEINST.TAR.
4 Copy MCCLAGNT.TAR to “< Download directory>/UEMREMOTEINST”. Download directory is the directory where you have downloaded and extracted UEMREMOTEINST.TAR.
5 Open Terminal.app and go to the Remote Installation folder.
6 Enter the following command
sh ./Scripts/copy.sh
Parameter description
sh ./Scripts/copy.sh is static.
alt=”img”><ip_address> specifies the IP address of the remote Mac computer such as ‘10.10.0.0’. Example: sh ./Scripts/copy.sh “test” “10.10.0.0”
7 Enter the password of the remote computer to connect to it.
8 Enter the command sudo sh /tmp/install.sh.
9 Enter the password of the remote computer when prompted.
10 A confirmation message appears – "If earlier version of Seqrite Endpoint Protection client is found on the system, then it will be uninstalled automatically. Do you want to continue?? [Yes/No]:”.
11 Enter Yes or No.
· If you enter Yes, installation will proceed.
· If you enter No, installation will be aborted with message "Option No has been selected. Installation aborted."
12 Enter the command exit to close remote SSH session.
13 Repeat steps 6 through 10 to install Seqrite Mac client on a different remote computer.
Using PuTTY (for Windows OS)
The administrator computer having Windows OS can install Client Agent using this method.
Prerequisites
Before you install Seqrite Mac client, ensure the following requirements.
· Administrator must have an account on the Mac client computers with admin privileges.
· Enable Remote Login and either allow access for all users, or only for specific users, such as Administrators. You can find this setting on the Mac client computer under System Preferences > Sharing > Remote Login.
· Ensure that the firewall does not block the port that Secure Shell (SSH) uses, which is by default TCP port 22. This port allows the required communication for remote login.
· If you use the Mac firewall, disable stealth mode. With stealth mode enabled, the remote push installation cannot discover the client through Search Network.
· To disable stealth mode on the Mac computers, do the following,
1 In System Preferences, go to Security and Privacy.
2 Click the Lock icon and provide password if it is locked.
3 Select Firewall > Firewall Options.
4 Clear the Enable stealth mode check box if it is selected.
5 Click OK.
· Mac Seqrite client installer must be created on the Seqrite Endpoint Protection . To know about how to create client installer, see Creating Mac Client Installer.
· If you are using macOS Catalina (10.15) and installing Endpoint Protection for Mac, do the following,
To proceed with installation, macOS Catalina requires your approval to access directory where MCCLAGNT.TAR file is extracted (Example: Desktop or Downloads or Documents folder). In the System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Files and Folders window, select all the options under accainst to access the directory.
Installing Seqrite Mac Client
To install Seqrite Mac client using PuTTY, follow these steps:
On the Seqrite Endpoint Protection DE , download UEMREMOTEINST.TAR from the URL, http://dlupdate.quickheal.com/builds/seqrite/uemcp/en/UEMREMOTEINST.tar
1 Download Mac client builds from the EPP server. These builds will be in TAR format.
2 Rename the Mac client installer as follows: Mac client installer – MCCLAGNT.TAR
3 Extract UEMREMOTEINST.TAR.
4 Copy MCCLAGNT.TAR to “
5 Open cmd.exe and go to the folder “< Download directory>/UEMREMOTEINST”.
6 Do the following:
· Enter the following command if antivirus is not included in the client packager
.\Remote_Installation\Softwares\pscp.exe .\MCCLAGNT.TAR .\Remote_Installation\Scripts\install.sh
Parameter description
<ip_address> specifies the IP address of the remote Mac client computer such as ‘10.10.0.0’.