Installation
ESET Server Security for Linux (ESSL) is distributed as a binary file (.bin).
Make sure that no other antivirus programs are installed on your computer. If two or more antivirus solutions are installed on a single computer, they may conflict with each other. We recommend that you uninstall any other antivirus programs on your system. |
Update your OS If your OS is supported, ensure it has the most recent updates installed before installation of ESET Server Security for Linux. |
Installer without unnecessary modules Since version 10, the ESET Server Security for Linux installation package contains only essential modules, reducing its size to 15% of the original size. Due to this change, ESET Server Security for Linux is only partially functional after the installation. To have a fully functional product, you need to either: •Use the installer with parameter -m MIRROR, which will copy modules from the MIRROR directory during installation, for example, created by MirrorTool •Activate ESET Server Security for Linux and download the missing modules The product is fully functional after the upgrade if the previous version was activated and had all modules. |
Installation via Terminal
To install or upgrade your product, run the ESET distribution script with root privileges for the appropriate OS distribution that you have:
•./efs.x86_64.bin
•sh ./efs.x86_64.bin
See the available command-line arguments
Gain .deb or .rpm installation package To gain .deb or .rpm installation package suitable for your OS, run ESET distribution script with "-n" command line argument: sudo ./efs.x86_64.bin -n or sudo sh ./efs.x86_64.bin -n |
To see the dependencies of the installation package, run one of the following commands:
•dpkg -I <deb package>
•rpm -qRp <rpm package>
Follow the on-screen instructions. After you accept the product License Agreement, the installation will complete and displays the Web interface login details.
The installer would inform you of any dependency problems.
Installation via ESET PROTECT
To deploy ESET Server Security for Linux remotely on your computers, refer to the ESET PROTECT Software Install online help section.
If needed, enable the Web interface remotely.
Activate ESET Server Security for Linux
To enable regular updates of detection modules, activate ESET Server Security for Linux.
Third-party apps A summary of third-party apps used by ESET Server Security for Linux can be found in the NOTICE_mode file stored at /opt/eset/efs/doc/modules_notice/. |