Remote Installation of Dr.Web Agent on Windows OS

The following means of remote Dr.Web Agent installation on network workstations are available:

Allows to perform preliminary search of unprotected computers in the network and installation Dr.Web Agents on them.

Fits for cases, when address of station or groups of stations on which Dr.Web Agent will be installed, is previously known.

Allows to install Dr.Web Agents for selected accounts (including all new accounts) with specified ID and password for the Dr.Web Server access on stations and groups of stations.

For proper operation of Network Scanner and the Network Installation tool under Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, IP address and/or DNS name of computer with installed Dr.Web Server must be added to the trusted sites of browser, on which you open Control Center for remote installation.

In Dr.Web Security Control Center, the anti-virus network hierarchical list displays only those computers which are already included into the anti-virus network. Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite allows also to discover computers which are not protected with Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite and to install anti-virus components remotely.

To quickly install the Dr.Web Agent software on workstations, it is recommended to use Network Scanner (see Administrator Manual, p. Network Scanner) which searches for computers by IP addresses.

Network installation is available only to administrators with the View groups of stations properties permission granted for the entire anti-virus network (for more on administrator permissions, see the Administrator Manual, Administrators Permissions).

1.Open the Network Scanner. To do this, on the Administration menu of Dr.Web Security Control Center, select Network scanner. A Network scanner window with no data loaded will be opened.

2.Set the parameters to search for stations in the network. Detailed description of the parameters is given in the Administrator Manual, the Network Scanner section.

3.Click Start Scanner. The catalog (hierarchical list) of computers demonstrating where Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite anti-virus software is installed will be loaded into this window.

4.Unfold the catalog elements corresponding to workgroups (domains). All elements of the catalog corresponding to workgroups and individual stations are marked with different icons the meaning of which is given below.

Icon	Description
Workgroups
	The work groups containing inter alia computers on which Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite anti-virus software can be installed.
	Other groups containing protected or unavailable by network computers.
Workstations
	Active station with installed anti-virus software.
	Active station with unknown state of anti-virus software (there is no anti-virus software on a station or it was not detected).

You can also unfold catalog items corresponding to computers with the

icon, and check which program components are installed there.

5.In the Network scanner window, select an unprotected computer (or several unprotected computers by pressing ctrl or shift buttons).

7.The Network Installation window will be opened to configure the Dr.Web Agent remote installation task.

8.In the Addresses of stations field, specify IP addresses or DNS names of computers on which Dr.Web Agent will be installed. If you set several stations, use “;” or “,” as a separator (number of spaces around a separator is irrelevant).

For installation on stations found via the Network Scanner, the address of station or several stations on which installation will be performed, are already specified in the Addresses of stations field.

Addresses should be specified in the network addresses format described in the Appendices document, p. Appendix D. The Specification of Network Addresses.

9.By default the Dr.Web Server field displays IP address or DNS name of Dr.Web Server to which Dr.Web Security Control Center is connected. If necessary, specify the Dr.Web Server address from which the anti-virus software will be installed. If you set several Dr.Web Servers, use “;” or “,” as a separator (number of spaces around a separator is irrelevant). Leave this field blank to use Dr.Web Server detecting service (Multicast mode).

Remote installation of Dr.Web Agent is not available on the computer with Dr.Web Server installed, from which the installation is launched.

Addresses should be specified in the network addresses format described in the Appendices document, p. Appendix D. The Specification of Network Addresses.

It is recommended that you use the name of Dr.Web Server in the FQDN format as the Dr.Web Server address.

10.In the Simultaneous installations field, specify the maximum number of stations to perform parallel installation.

11.Set the Install Dr.Web Agent for Windows software flag to continue with the settings specific to remote installation on Windows OS.

12.By default the Dr.Web Agent software is installed to the %ProgramFiles%\DrWeb folder. If necessary, specify another location in the Dr.Web Agent Installation folder field.

It is recommended to specify the full path for unique identification of installation folder location. It is allowed to use environment variables in the path.

13.In the Language drop-down list, select the language of interface for Dr.Web Anti-virus which will be installed on stations.

14.In the Installation time-out (sec.) field, specify maximum time to wait for the Dr.Web Agent installation to complete in seconds. Valid values: 1-600. 180 seconds is set by default. If network channel capacity between Dr.Web Server and Dr.Web Agent is low, it is recommended to enlarge the value of this option.

When working with a large amount of data, the duration of installation may exceed the session time. If the session expires before the installation is complete, the process will be terminated automatically and Dr.Web Agent will not be installed.

15.If necessary, set the Register Dr.Web Agent in the system list of installed software flag.

16.In the Installing components section, select the components of anti-virus package which will be installed on stations.

17.In the Compression and Encryption sections, specify the parameters of traffic compression and encryption used by the Network Installer during installation of Dr.Web Agent and anti-virus package. These settings also will be used by Dr.Web Agent for interaction with Dr.Web Server after the installation.

18.In the Authorization on remote stations section, specify the parameters of authorization to access the remote computers on which Dr.Web Agent will be installed:

•User—user name for authorization on stations where remote installation will be performed. For domain users, domain name must be specified in the following format: <domain>\<user> or <user>@<domain>. For local users, station name or workgroup name must be specified in the following format: <station>\<user> or <group>\<user>.

You can set several administrator accounts. To add one more account, click

and specify authorization parameters fields. Similarly, for each new record.

During Dr.Web Agent installation, the first account in the list is used at first. If installation under this account failed, the next account in the list is used, and etc.

19.In the Restart options section, set the Restart the station flag and set the reboot time or period in the drop-down list (including the Immediately after installation option).

•Immediately after installation—the station will be restarted after Dr.Web Agent is installed.

•At a specified hour—according to the time of the system in which the administrator launched the browser and set the parameters.

For launching the installation of the anti-virus software, the build-in service is used.

The installation uses the network installer of the current Dr.Web Server that is located in the webmin\install\windows folder of the Dr.Web Server installation folder and SSL certificate drwcsd-certificate.pem located in the etc folder of the Dr.Web Server installation folder.

If there are no remote installation packages of Dr.Web Agent in the Dr.Web Server repository, contact Doctor Web technical support: https://support.drweb.com/.

21.Dr.Web Agent will be installed on selected workstations. After a workstation is approved at Dr.Web Server (if required by Dr.Web Server settings, see also Administrator Manual New Stations Approval Policy), the anti-virus package will be automatically installed.

In case an anti-virus network is basically created and it is necessary to install the Dr.Web Agent software on certain computers, it is recommended to use Network installation.

1.Select the Administration item in the main menu. Then select the Network installation item in the control menu.

2.Right after adding account, in the right part of a main window, the Install Dr.Web Agent pane opens. Click OK.

5.After installation is complete, check if icons of corresponding stations are changed in the hierarchical list.

1.In the hierarchical list of anti-virus network, select a new station or group of stations, for which Dr.Web Agents are not installed, or the New group (for installation on all new accounts).

5.After installation is complete, check if icons of corresponding stations are changed in the hierarchical list.