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How to install VirusScan Enterprise for Linux on a workstation or server for a re-deployable image

Technical Articles ID: KB50699
Last Modified: 12/5/2016

Environment

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux (VSEL)

Summary

When you install VSEL on a system that is used to create an image for replicating the OS across the organization, special care must be taken so that the image does not have any system-specific data.

Use the steps in this article to ensure that the image does not contain system-specific data.

Solution

Perform the following steps to install VSEL on the original workstation or server that will be used for imaging:

Start the install:

rpm -ivh <VSEL>.xxx.ixxx.rpm
Agree to the EULA.
Enter the details of the Group and User, and the password.
Select the destination directory (/opt/NAI/<VSEL> by default).
Enter the run time Directory (/var/opt/NAI/<VSEL> by default) and Quarantine directory (/quarantine by default) as prompted.
Enter the email address of the VSEL Administrator when prompted.
Enter the IP address or hostname of the SMTP server.
Enter the port number for the SMTP connections (25 by default).
Enter 0.0.0.0 when the installer asks for the IP address on which the VSEL Monitor Service listens.

IMPORTANT: When the Monitor Service detects an IP address of 0.0.0.0, it is alerted to pull the IP address of the local system. When new systems receive the image, the actual IP address of the system is populated into the required areas so that the services start normally.
Enter the remainder of the required data, such as the port to listen on, and whether the VSEL monitor must be installed.

Affected Products

Best Practices
VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 2.0.x
VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x

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