Installing using the command line

Preliminary notes

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

If the MetaDefender Storage Security 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

To limit the required resources, use the ENABLED_MODULES environment variable in the customer.env file to select which modules to install when deploying MetaDefender Storage Security, you can follow these steps:

  1. Locate the customer.env file in your MetaDefender Storage Security deployment. This file contains environment variables used for customization.
  2. Open the customer.env file in a text editor.
  3. Add the ENABLED_MODULES environment variable to the file. The variable should be in the format ENABLED_MODULES=<module_list>, where <module_list> is a comma-separated list of the modules you want to enable. For example, if you want to enable modules Amazon S3, Google Cloud, and Azure Blob storage units, your customer.env file should include the following line: ENABLED_MODULES=azureblob,amazonsdk,googlecloud
  4. Save the customer.env file.
  5. Proceed with the deployment of MetaDefender Storage Security.

How to edit the configuration file

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
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  1. Install the necessary package dependencies
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  1. Move to the folder containing the installer and install it
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  1. After the installation is completed, check if everything went fine
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or using the help menu

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS package (.rpm)

Please note that Docker Engine is officially supported only on RHEL s390x architecture, but you may be able to install it manually following the CentOS installation steps: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/centos/

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

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  1. Run the following command in order to initialize MetaDefender Storage Security
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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
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  1. Optionally, you can check the status using the following command:
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  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:
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Podman Configuration

MDSS can also run using the Podman container engine instead of the default Docker one on RHEL operating systems. Podman, podman-docker and docker-compose need to be installed and running before installing MDSS.

After the installation is complete, MDSS needs to be configured to skip the checks for the default Docker engine. This is done by setting SKIP_DOCKER_CHECKS=yes in the /etc/mdss/customer.env file. The following commands can be used to install Podman and MDSS on RHEL.

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Windows package (.exe)

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

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

KeyDescription
/silent or /passiveSuppress the installation wizard
InstallFolder=”C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\MetaDefender Storage Security”Customize the installation directory
/uninstallPerform an uninstallation
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard