Installing Dr.Web Agent via the Personal Installation Package

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To install Dr.Web Agent on protected stations via the personal installation package:

1.Via the Control Center, create an account for a new station on the Server.

2.Send to a user the link on Dr.Web Agent personal installation package for corresponding operating system of a computer or mobile device, if a user performs Dr.Web Agent software installation directly.

For easy delivering of installation file, you can use the Mailing of installation files function (detailed information is given in the Administrator Manual, p. Mailing of Installation Files) to email messages with corresponding files.

3.Install Dr.Web Agent on a workstation.

Local installation of Dr.Web Agent  on workstations is described in the User Manual for corresponding OS.

Dr.Web Agent should be installed by a user with the administrator rights to the computer.

 

If anti-virus software has already been installed on a workstation, then before starting installation the installer will attempt to remove it. If the attempt fails, the user will have to uninstall the anti-virus software from his computer by himself.

Creation of a New Station Account

To create a user account or several user accounts, use Dr.Web Security Control Center.

When integrated to the billing system, the whole procedure: namely, creating an account, appointing a primary group, generating a distribution with a unique ID and sending it to the user to install, is performed automatically (see the Appendices document, p. Appendix L. Integration of Web API and Dr.Web AV-Desk).

 

When creating a user account, please note the name of the Server specified in the following sections of the Control Center:

1.Administrating → Web server configuration → the Server field (stored in the <server-name /> parameter of the webmin.conf configuration file). This parameter value is used when generating the link on the Agent installation package.
If the parameter value is not specified, when the DNS name (if available) or IP address of a computer on which the Control Center is opened, is used as a Server name to generate the link on Agent installer download.

2.Administrating → Dr.Web Server configuration → the Network tab → the Download tab → the Server field (stored in the <name /> parameter of the download.conf configuration file). This parameter value is specified in the Agent installation packages and defines to which Server the Agent connects during installation.
If the parameter value is not specified, when creating an installation package of the Agent, the name of the Server to which the Control Center connected is used. In this case, the Control Center must be connected to the Server using the IP-address of the domain for which you create an account (the Server address must not be specified as a loopback—127.0.0.1).

To create a new user via Dr.Web Security Control Center, do the following

1.Select the Anti-virus network item in the main menu of the Control Center.

2.In the toolbar, click Add a station or a group. In the opened submenu, select the Create station option. A pane for the new user account creation will be opened in the right pane of Dr.Web Security Control Center.

3.In the Number entry field, specify the number of accounts to be created.

4.In the Identifier field, unique identifier of created station will be generated automatically. You can edit it, if necessary.

5.In the Name field, specify the station name, that will be displayed in the anti-virus network hierarchical list. Further, after the station is connected with the Server, this name can be automatically changed to the station name, which is specified locally.

6.In the Password and Retype password fields you can specify a password for accessing the Server. If the password is not specified, it will be generated automatically.

When creating more than one account, Identifier, Name and Password (Retype password) fields are set automatically and cannot be changed at the stage of station creation.

7.In the Expires field, specify the date of user account expiration. To use the calendar, click the calendar icons located to the right of the entry fields and specify the dates.

To make the subscription unlimited, leave the field blank.

8.In Start of blocking period and End of blocking period fields, specify the blocking period (from and to) during which access of the station to Dr.Web Server will be blocked. To use the calendar, click the calendar icons located to the right of the entry fields and specify the dates.

If blocking is not required, leave the field blank.

9.In the Description field, specify additional information about the customer. This parameter is optional.

10.In the Groups section, specify groups in which the created station will be included.

•In the Membership list, you can configure the list of user groups into which the station will be included.
By default, station is included into the Everyone group. If custom groups are available, you can include creating station into those groups with no limitations on the number of groups into which the station is included. To do this, set the flags next to the user group names in the Membership list.

You cannot exclude stations from the Everyone group and from a primary groups.

To set a primary group for the creating station, click the icon of the corresponding group from the Membership list. The 1 will appear on the group icon.

•In the Tariff list, you can specify the tariff group into which the station will be included.
To set the tariff to the station according to which the anti-virus services will be provided, include the station to the corresponding tariff group. To do this, set the flag next to the tariff group name in the Tariff list. At this, station can be included into one tariff group only.

11.Specify parameters of the Security section, if necessary. Parameters of this section are described in the Administrator Manual, in the p. Security.

12.Specify parameters of the Location section, if necessary.

13.Click Save in the upper right corner. The opened pane contains information about successful creation of a station, its ID and the following links:

•The Installation file item contains the link for downloading Agent installer for this station.

After a new station has  been created, before the operating system of a station is set, in the section of distribution kit downloading, the links are presented separately for all OS that are supported by Dr.Web AV-Desk.

•The Configuration file item contains the link for downloading the file with settings of connection to Dr.Web Server for stations under Android, OS X and Linux operating systems.

•The Password item contains the password to access the Server for this station. To view the password, click .

Link for the Agent installation package downloading is also available:

•in station properties after its creation,

•in the Selected objects section for the station selected in hierarchical list.

See also the Installation Files section.

•In this window, the Install button is also available which is intended for remote installation of Dr.Web Agent Software via Dr.Web Security Control Center.

14.Wait until the client has downloaded and installed Dr.Web Agent software on his computer. Installation of Dr.Web Anti-virus on workstations is described in the User Manual for corresponding OS.