Installation

Overview

The following steps are needed to be executed to install MetaDefender Email Gateway Security

1. Download the package of your choice from the My OPSWAT portal

2. Install the package on your computer

3. Open a web browser and point to: (<server name or IP> is the DNS name or IP address of your test server)

4. Follow the steps in Wizard

Installation process

As usual with Windows installers, you may click through the installer steps to install the product.

Following are the detailed installation steps for MetaDefender Email Gateway Security:

1. Welcome message

2. License agreement

3. Setup type. The difference between Simple and Custom is that Custom allows you to select the installation folder. For both you may specify later the REST address and REST port (see step 5).

4. Installation folder

5. Server properties. This is the merge point for Simple and Custom setup types (see step 3). Specify the REST address and REST port:

   • REST address: the IP address on which the server is listening. If set to 0.0.0.0 then the server will listening on all available interfaces.

   • REST port: the TCP port on which the server is listening on the configured interface(s).

   • Exchange plugin installation:

     • Microsoft Exchange Server (2013/2016) mode (enabled only when Exchange is installed on the machine): Enable this to install MetaDefender Email Gateway Security's Exchange plugin. This option is only available if Microsoft Exchange Server is present in the system.

6. Database type.

   1. Standalone: this option creates a new, local PostgreSQL database for standalone deployments. This database may be reused later in other Email Gateway Security instances to share database. Details of the new local PostgreSQL installation need to be provided in the dialog.

   2. External database: this option will connect to an other, already existing PostgreSQL database for scalable or highly available deployments (that may be a dedicated database to share database among Email Gateway Security instances or that might have been already created with the Standalone option for an other Email Gateway Security instance to share database). Details of the existing PostgreSQL installation need to be provided in the dialog. To verify that the database server is accessible and that the process will be able to create the necessary database tables, the connection test must pass before the installation process can continue.

7. Installation progress. This is the merge point of Standalone and External database database setup types.

9. Finish installation. After finishing the installation MetaDefender Email Gateway Security is up and running. You may access the Web Management Console for further configuration with pointing your browser to http://localhost:8058/ or click the MetaDefender Email Gateway Security shortcut on the desktop.