Installing using the command line

Preliminary notes

Before you begin the installation, please ensure that the system requirements are met.

If the MetaDefender for Secure Storage installer package dependencies are not installed on your system the installer will attempt to automatically download them over the internet.

Acquire the package

In order to acquire the package please visit https://www.opswat.com/solution

Advanced installation

We recommend that production deployments use an external database and ensure that web traffic is encrypted. For detailed information on how to configure an external database or HTTPS see advanced installation section:

Debian / Ubuntu package (.deb)

  1. Update your packages
  1. Move to the folder containing the installer and install it
  1. After the installation is completed, check if everything went fine

or using the help menu
  1. Run the following command in order to initialize MetaDefender for Secure Storage
  1. Start the service
  1. Optionally, you can check the status using the following command:
  1. Open a browser and navigate to the web interface: http://<server> to configure your deployment.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS package (.rpm)
  1. Update your packages
  1. Move to the folder containing the installer and install it
  1. After the installation is completed, check if everything went fine

or using the help menu
  1. Run the following command in order to initialize MetaDefender for Secure Storage

Note: If you don’t have docker already installed, the installer will do that for you, but you will be prompted to sign out and sign back in. This is necessary because your current user needs to be added to the docker group.

  1. Start the service
  1. Optionally, you can check the status using the following command:
  1. Open a browser and navigate to the web interface: http://<server> to configure your deployment.
  2. If you are using firewall (on CentOS8 and RHEL 8) you may need to update it’s policies:

Windows package (.exe)

From the command line interface, it is possible to install the product by executing

where the possible keys and their default values are the following:

Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard
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