Installation steps using GUI
Prerequisites:
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Ensure you fulfilled the requirements before proceeding with the ESET Inspect Server installation. We recommend not installing the ESET PROTECT On-Prem Server and ESET Inspect Server on the same machine. |
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For installation purposes, use only the user with the Two Factor Authentication option disabled. |
•ESET Inspect Server has a built-in HTTP/S server and is listening to ports 80(HTTP) or 443(HTTPS). You can change the port settings during the installation process.
•The server needs to have a connection to LiveGrid®.
•Ensure you have a proper host, port number, login, and password to the database. The user must be able to create a new database and tables.
ESET Inspect Server installation using GUI (only on the server machine)
Follow the steps to install ESET Inspect Server:
1.Download the .msi installation package from the ESET website.
2.Double-click the .msi package ei_server_nt64.msi.
3.Read the End User License Agreement, select the check box to accept the License Agreement terms (without it, you cannot continue with the installation process), or read the Privacy Policy at the left lower corner of the window. Click Next.
4.Choose whether you want to participate in ESET Customer Improvement Program by selecting the check box. For more information, see Telemetry information. Click Next.
5.Select the location where you will install ESET Inspect Server. By default, the program installs in C:\Program Files\ESET\Inspect Server\. Click Change to change this location (not recommended). Click Next.
6.Type in the Web Console HTTPS port number (443 by default).
7.Type in the Web Console HTTP port number (80 by default).
8.Type in the Connectors port number (8093 by default). If a different port number is used, change it also during the ESET Inspect Connector installation process or by ESET PROTECT On-Prem policy. Click Next.
9.Select the type of Database that you will use for the ESET Inspect Server. Then, click Next.
10.The installer will check the database parameters. If some parameters are missing, follow the instructions displayed on the screen.
The installer will check the connection to the database. It may take a few seconds to complete.
A dialog box explaining the error appears (it may appear behind other windows). If no problems occur, the next screen is displayed.
If the database was already created, you are asked to check whether you want to Keep the data and upgrade the database to the newest format or Delete the data and create new database from scratch.
Click Next.
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For editing the my.ini file, ensure it is saved in ANSI, not in the UTF-8 format. We recommend using a text editor, which will not change the file format after saving. |
11.If you selected the Delete option or installed the ESET Inspect Server on a fresh MySQL database, the window with requirements for my.ini file appears. Make changes as requested, click Check. Click Next.If you selected the Delete option or installed the ESET Inspect Server on a fresh MySQL database, the window with requirements for my.ini file appears. Make changes as requested, click Check. Click Next.
12.Select the type of ESET Inspect user. Click Next.
13.The default Detection Rules Set is selected based on the type of ESET Inspect On-Prem. This can also be changed now or after the first log in to the Web Console in a notification screen that appears or by the filtering rules mentioned at the end of this topic. Click Next.
14.The default Data Collection option is selected based on the ESET Inspect On-Prem user selected type. Click Next.
15.Select the period for detection storage and low-level data storage (Data Retention). Click Next.
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A low-level event is something a process does. So, write a file, do a DNS lookup, create a registry entry, etc. These can be seen in the Events view. |
16.In the next window, fill in the ESET PROTECT On-Prem hostname or IP address, ESET PROTECT On-Prem port for the data connection (by default 2223), ESET PROTECT On-Prem user, and ESET PROTECT On-Prem password (we recommend using EI_SERVER user, which permission settings you will find in ESET PROTECT On-Prem Permission Settings). Choose the protocol you want to use for communication (we recommend HTTPS as a secure option) and ESET PROTECT On-Prem port of web console communication (by default 443). Click Next. The error message window appears if you typed in the wrong credentials or IP address. Repair invalid data entry and continue.
17.Accept the Certification Authority file.
18.Continue with one of the available options: