Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security for Linux

Installing and initially configuring the application using Kaspersky Security Center

You can install Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security on a client device remotely from the administrator's workstation using the Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or the Administration Console.

Installation using Kaspersky Security Center involves the following steps:

1. Creating an installation package.

   For the remote installation, Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security

   installation package

   A set of files created for remote installation of Kaspersky applications using Kaspersky Security Center. The installation package contains the settings required to install the application and ensure its operation immediately after the installation. The values of the settings correspond to the default values of the application settings. The installation package is created using the .kud file included in the application distribution kit.

   is used. The Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security installation package is the same for all supported operating systems and processor architecture types. You can create the installation package using the Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or the Administration Console.

   You can specify the initial configuration settings using the autoinstall.ini configuration file included in the installation package, or in the properties of the installation package (this method is available only in the Web Console).

   You can add the following to the installation package that you are creating:

   • License key for automatic activation of the application during installation
   • Pre-downloaded application databases to avoid having to update the databases after installation

   You can also activate the application and update the databases as part of the getting started procedure

2. Deploying the Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security application on devices in the corporate network.

   Kaspersky Security Center Web Console supports the following main deployment methods:

   • Installing the application using the Protection Deployment Wizard.
   • Installing the application using the remote installation task.

   The Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console supports the following main deployment methods:

   • Installing the application using the Remote Installation Wizard.
   • Installing the application using the remote installation task.

   For a description of the deployment procedures, see the Kaspersky Security Center Help.

   If necessary, you can view the application remote installation log by using remote diagnostics of the Kaspersky Security Center client device.

3. Getting started.

   Before using the application, you need to complete the initial configuration of the application and prepare the application for operation.

   If initial configuration of the application has not been completed on a device, you cannot use or update the application on that device.

To use Kaspersky Security Center to manage Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security installed on client devices, you need to put these devices in

. Before starting Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security installation, you can create Kaspersky Security Center administration groups to which you want to move the devices with the application installed, and configure the rules to automatically move the devices to these administration groups. If rules for moving devices to the administration groups are not configured, Kaspersky Security Center moves all the devices that have the Administration Agent installed and are connected to Administration Server to the Unassigned devices list. In this case, you need to manually move computers to the administration groups (refer to the Kaspersky Security Center Help for details).

In this section Creating an installation package in the Web Console Creating an installation package in the Administration Console Preparing an archive with application databases in order to create an installation package with integrated databases Autoinstall.ini configuration file settings Getting started using Kaspersky Security Center