Installing Dr.Web Agent via the Installer

Agent installer differs from the installation package that it does not contain parameters for connecting to Dr.Web Server and for authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server.

Dr.Web Agent installers are available on the installation page of Dr.Web Security Control Center.

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To have installers for operating systems other that Windows OS, and also for the full installer under Windows OS, you must additionally download Dr.Web enterprise products from GUS servers to the repository after Dr.Web Server installation.

Detailed information on how to handle the Dr.Web Server repository you can find in the Administrator Manual, the Administration of Dr.Web Server Repository section.

 

Local Installation on Stations under Android OS, Linux OS, macOS

Under Android OS, Linux OS, macOS, installers for Dr.Web Agent installation similar to the stand-alone version are available.

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

If you perform the installation via the installer without the configuration file, you must specify the Dr.Web Server address to connect on station manually.

You can either specify authorization parameters manually or leave them blank. At this, the following variants of connection to Dr.Web Server are available:

Setup option

Authorization parameters

Specified manually

Attempt of automatic authorization according to the specified parameters is performed.

Not specified

Authorization mode on Dr.Web Server depends on the Dr.Web Server settings for connecting new stations (for more details, see the Administrator Manual, p. New Stations Approval Policy).

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To specify authorization parameters manually, you must create a new station account in the Control Center first. At this, the installation package become available, which contains configuration file with connection and authorization parameters. It is recommended to use installation package instead of the installer.

Local Installation on Stations under Windows OS

The following types of Dr.Web Agent installers are provided:

drwinst.exe Network installer performs the installation of the Agent only. After connecting to Dr.Web Server, the Agent downloads and installs necessary anti-virus package components.

drweb-13.00.0-<build>-esuite-agent-full-windows.exe Full Installer performs the installation of the Agent and anti-virus package at a time.

If you use these installers, you can either specify parameters of authorization and connection to Dr.Web Server manually or leave them blank.

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To specify authorization parameters manually, you must create a new station account in the Control Center first. At this, the installation package become available. If there is no need to install via the full distribution kit or via network installer, it is recommended to use installation package instead of the installer.

The following variants of connection to Dr.Web Server are available:

Setup option

Dr.Web Server address

Authorization parameters

Specified manually

The station addresses to the specified Dr.Web Server directly.

Attempt of automatic authorization according to the specified parameters is performed.

Not specified

Agent searches for Dr.Web Server in the network based on the Dr.Web Server detection service. Attempt to connect to the first found Dr.Web Server is performed.

Authorization mode on Dr.Web Server depends on the Dr.Web Server settings for connecting new stations (for more details, see the Administrator Manual, p. New Stations Approval Policy).

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The User Manual for Windows OS describes Dr.Web Agent installation via the full installer and via the installation package.

It is recommended to perform the installation via the network installer by the anti-virus network administrator.

Local Installation via the Network Installer under Windows OS

The drwinst.exe Agent network installer is provided to install the Agent under Windows OS only.

If the network installer is run in the normal installation mode (i.e. without the /instMode remove switch) on stations where the installation has already been performed, this will not incur any actions. The installer program terminates with a help window, contains available switches.

There are two modes of installation via the Network installer:

1.Background mode—runs if the background mode switch is specified.

2.Graphical mode—default mode. Runs if the background mode switch is not specified.

With the network installer, you can also install Dr.Web Agent on a workstation remotely via Dr.Web Security Control Center (see p. Remote Installation of Dr.Web Agent).

To install Dr.Web Agent on a workstation in the background mode of the installer

1.From the workstation, on which you want to install the anti-virus software, enter the network folder of the Agent installation (by default at the Dr.Web Server installation, it is the webmin/install/windows folder of the Dr.Web Server installation folder, further it can be changed) or download from the installation page of the Control Center the drwinst.exe executable file and drwcsd-certificate.pem certificate. Run the drwinst.exe file with the /silent yes background mode switch.

By default, if the drwinst.exe file launched without the Dr.Web Server connection parameters, it will use the Multicast mode to scan the network for Dr.Web Servers and will try to install the Agent from the first found Dr.Web Server.

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When you use the Multicast mode to find active Dr.Web Servers, the Agent installation is performed from the first found Dr.Web Server. At this, if the public encryption key does not match the Dr.Web Server encryption key, installation will be failed. In this case, directly specify the Dr.Web Server address (as described below).

 

If you need to install the Agent on the same computer on which Dr.Web Server is installed, you must directly specify the Dr.Web Server address in the installer launch parameters, because Dr.Web Server may not be found when searching via multicast request.

The drwinst.exe file also may be used with the optional command line switches:

If the Multicast mode is not used, it is recommended to specify a domain name for Dr.Web Server directly (it must be registered on the DNS service):

drwinst /silent yes /server <Dr.Web_Server_DNS_name>

It makes the configuration of the anti-virus network more easy especially in case you reinstall Dr.Web Server on a different computer.

You can expressly specify the Dr.Web Server address as follows:

drwinst /silent yes /server 192.168.1.3

Using the /regagent yes switch during the installation will allow you to register the Agent in the Add or Remove Programs list.

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The complete list of Network Installer parameters is describe in the Appendices document, p. H1. Network Installer.

2.After the installation is completed, the software of the Agent is installed on a computer (anti-virus package is not installed yet).

3.After the station has been approved at Dr.Web Server (if it is required by the Dr.Web Server settings), the anti-virus package will be automatically installed.

4.Restart the computer on Agent request.

To install Dr.Web Agent on a workstation in the graphical mode of the installer

From the workstation, on which you want to install the anti-virus software, enter the network folder of the Agent installation (by default at the Dr.Web Server installation, it is the webmin/install/windows folder of the Dr.Web Server installation folder, further it can be changed) or download from the installation page of the Control Center the drwinst.exe executable file and drwcsd-certificate.pem certificate. Run the drwinst.exe file.

A window of the Installation wizard of Dr.Web Agent will be opened. Further actions on the Agent installation on the stations via the graphical mode of the network installer are similar to the actions on the installation via the installation package, but without the Dr.Web Server connection settings, if they have not been specified in the corresponding command line switch.

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Installation of the Agent on workstations is described in the Dr.Web Agent for Windows. User Manual.