How to install VirusScan for Linux 1.9 in a standalone environment

Technical Articles ID: KB81135
Last Modified: 4/7/2017

Environment

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux (VSEL) 1.9

For product supported environments, see KB75270.

NOTE: VSEL 1.9 reaches End of Life on December 31, 2016. McAfee recommends that you upgrade to a current version.

Solution

To install VSEL 1.9:

Download the McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822 package from the McAfee Downloads page. Also see the Related Information in this article.
Log in to your Linux installation as root.
Install the pre-requisites for VSEL:
- For RHEL, SLES, CentOS, Oracle Enterprise Linux:
  1. Install libgcc (yum install libgcc).
  2. Install pam (yum install pam.i386).
    NOTE: You can install these packages via yum or rpm. Do not skip any dependencies.
    If you install via yum, it automatically installs the dependencies. If you install via rpm you must manually install the dependencies.
- For Ubuntu Linux:
  The pre-requisites for VSEL are ia32-libs, gcc and libpam0g:i386.
  1. Copy pam_unix.so and pam_nologin.so from the /lib/security directory of a 32-bit Ubuntu installation to a temporary directory ( /tmp ) on your 64-bit Ubuntu system.
    NOTE: From Ubuntu 11.04 onwards pam_unix.so and pam_nologin.so are present under the /lib/i386-linux-gnu/security directory.
    Both the pam files can be of a higher version. For example, if you are installing VSEL on Ubuntu 10, then the files can be an Ubuntu 10, Ubuntu 11, or Ubuntu 12 installation.
  2. In the root directory, create a folder pam32lib.
  3. Copy pam_unix32.so and pam_nologin.so to the pam32lib directory:
    1. Type cp /tmp/pam_unix.so /pam32lib/pam_unix32.so and press ENTER.
    2. Type cp /tmp/pam_nologin.so /pam32lib/pam_nologin32.so and press ENTER.
Create the directory installer in: /root/Desktop.
Copy the downloaded package to /root/Desktop/installer.
When the installation package has been copied to /installer, extract the contents, type the following commands, and press ENTER after each one:

cd /root/Desktop/installer
unzip McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822.zip
cd McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822
tar -zxvf McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-release-full.noarch.tar.gz
tar -zxvf McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-release.tar.gz
tar -zxvf McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-others.tar.gz
Install VSEL:
- For RHEL, SLES, CentOS and Oracle Enterprise Linux:
  1. Install the McAfee runtime:
    Type rpm -ivh MFErt.i686.rpm and press ENTER.
  2. Install the McAfee agent:
    Type rpm -ivh MFEcma.i686.rpm and press ENTER.
  3. Start the VSEL installation:
    Type bash McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-installer and press ENTER.
- For Ubuntu:
  1. Install the McAfee runtime:
    Type dpkg -i MFErt.i686.deb and press ENTER.
  2. Install the McAfee agent:
    Type dpkg -i MFEcma.i686.deb and press ENTER.
  3. Start the VSEL installation:
    Type bash McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-installer and press ENTER.
Accept or reject the license agreements:
1. You see the End User License Agreement. Either read the License or type q to quit reading the License.
  You are prompted to Enter accept or reject.
2. Type accept and press ENTER.
Configure your installation:
You see the following options. Do each action listed:
1. Enter the name of a Linux group for McAfeeVSEForLinux administration. [nailsgroup]:
  Press ENTER.
2. Enter the name of a Linux user for McAfeeVSEForLinux administration. [nails]:
  Press ENTER.
3. Change password for user nails.
  New UNIX password: type a new password
  Retype new UNIX password: re-type the new password
4. Enter your chosen installation directory for McAfeeVSEForLinux: [/opt/NAI/LinuxShield]:
  Press ENTER if you do not want to change the location of the installation directory.
  NOTE: If you want to install the product to another location, type the path of the directory and press ENTER.
5. Enter your chosen runtime directory for McAfeeVSEForLinux: [/var/opt/NAI/LinuxShield]:
  Press ENTER if you do not want to change the location of the runtime directory.
  NOTE: If you want to change this directory to any other location, type the path of the directory and press ENTER.
6. Enter the path where the quarantine directory should be created: [/quarantine]:
  Press ENTER if you do not want to change the location of the quarantine directory.
  NOTE: If you want to locate this directory to any other location, type the path of the directory and press ENTER.
7. Configure your alerting and ports:
  1. Enter the email address of the McAfeeVSEForLinux administrator: [McAfeeVSEForLinuxAdmin@localdomain]:
    Type the email address of the user or group which will receive the alerts from this server.
  2. Enter the address for the SMTP host: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:
    Type the address of the SMTP host from where alert emails will be sent. To accept the default press ENTER.
  3. Enter the TCP/IP port number for the SMTP host: [25]:
    Type the port number. To accept the default press ENTER.
  4. Enter the IP address on which the McAfeeVSEForLinux web server listens: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:
    Type the address on which the McAfeeVSEForLinux web server listens. Default press ENTER.
  5. Enter the TCP/IP port number on which the McAfeeVSEForLinux monitor service listens: [65443]:
    Type the TCP/IP port number on which the McAfeeVSEForLinux monitor service listens.
    To accept the default press ENTER.
  6. Enter the TCP/IP port number on which the web server listens: [55443]:
    Type the TCP/IP port number on which the web server listens.
    To accept the default press ENTER.
8. At the Would you like to start the McAfeeVSEForLinux services? [y]: prompt, press ENTER.
9. To access the VSEL console type https://<configured ipaddress>:55443 in your web browser.
  NOTE: See Readme file to view a list of supported browsers.
Install all supported hotfixes in the following sequence:
1. HF872066:
  - Download McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-HF872066 from the McAfee Downloads page.
  - Copy this package to the /root/Desktop/installer directory of your VSEL installation.
  - Extract the package.
  - Type the following commands and press ENTER after each:
    
    unzip McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-HF872066.zip
    cd McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-HF872066
    tar -zxvf McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-HF872066-release.tar.gz
    tar -zxvf McAfeeVSEForLinux-1.9.0.28822-HF872066.tar.gz
  - Install the hotfix. Type bash setupHF and press ENTER.

Related Information

To view a complete list of supported distributions and kernels for VSEL, see KB72999.

McAfee product software, upgrades, maintenance releases, and documentation are available from the Product Downloads site at: http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/downloads.aspx.

NOTE: You need a valid Grant Number for access. KB56057 provides additional information about the Product Downloads site, and alternate locations for some products.

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