Installing Dr.Web Agent via the Installer

The Dr.Web Agent installer, unlike the installation package, does not include 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.

To obtain installers for operating systems other that Windows OS, as well as the full installer for Windows, download the corresponding Dr.Web enterprise products from the GUS servers to the repository after installing Dr.Web Server.

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

Under Android OS, Linux OS, macOS, an installer for installing Dr.Web Agent is available, similar to the installer of the standalone version.

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).

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.

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

•drweb-<agent_version>-<build>-esuite-agent-full-windows.exe Full Installer performs the installation of Dr.Web 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.

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 the network installer, it is recommended to use installation package instead of the installer.

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	Dr.Web 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).

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.

The drwinst.exe Agent network installer is provided to install Dr.Web 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.

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).

1.From the workstation, on which you want to install the anti-virus software, enter the network folder of the Dr.Web 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 Dr.Web Agent from the first found Dr.Web Server.

When you use the Multicast mode to find active Dr.Web Servers, the Dr.Web 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 Dr.Web 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.

•If the Multicast mode is not used, it is recommended that you specify Dr.Web Server name in the FQDN format directly (it must be registered on the DNS service):

It is recommended that you use the name of Dr.Web Server in the FQDN format as the Dr.Web Server address, registered in the DNS service. This will simplify the process of setting up an anti-virus network when reinstalling Dr.Web Server on another computer. In this case, if Dr.Web Server address changed, it will be enough to update it in the DNS server settings for the name of the computer with installed Dr.Web Server, and all agents will automatically connect to the new server.

1.If there is a local DNS server in the network, create names for Dr.Web Server and Dr.Web Proxy Server (e.g. drwebes.company.lan).

2.Specify Dr.Web Server name in the FQDN format in the settings of Dr.Web agents.

3.It is recommended that you add the Dr.Web Server address in the Dr.Web Agent settings in addition to the name in the FQDN format and keep it up to date when it changes. In this case, if the server name cannot be used, the agent will attempt to connect using the server address.

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

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

2.After the installation is completed, the software of Dr.Web 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.

From the workstation, on which you want to install the anti-virus software, enter the network folder of the Dr.Web 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 Dr.Web 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.