ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux – Table of Contents

Application modules update

The application modules, including detection engine modules, are updated automatically.

To launch the detection engine module update manually, execute the update command via a Terminal window, or update the application modules using ESET PROTECT or ESET PROTECT On-Prem.

If an ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux update was not stable, roll back the module updates to a previous state. Execute the appropriate command from a Terminal window, or roll back using ESET PROTECT.

To update all application modules from a Terminal window, execute the following command:

/opt/eset/eea/bin/upd -u

Update and rollback via Terminal

Options—short form

Options—long form

Description

-u

--update

Update application modules.

-c

--cancel

Cancel downloading application modules.

-e

--resume

Unblock updates.

-l

--list-modules

Show version of used application modules.

-r

--rollback=VALUE

Rolls back to the oldest snapshot of the scanner module and blocks all updates for VALUE hours.

Important

The upd utility cannot be used to make changes in application configuration.

Example

To stop updates for 48 hours and roll back to the oldest snapshot of the scanner module, execute the following command as a privileged user:

To resume automatic updates of the scanner module, execute the following command as a privileged user: