How to Install
System Requirements
AVAST! ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATION SERVER
Windows XP and higher or Windows Server 2003 and higher all with latest SP
128MB RAM (512MB recommended)
800MB hard disk space
MQ SQL Server 2008 R2 or free MS SQL Server 2008 R2
Administration Console
Windows XP and higher or Windows Server 2003 and higher all with latest SP
128MB RAM (256MB recommended)
250MB hard disk space
How to Install
Installation process
When AEA Setup Wizard starts, select the preferred language for the installation from the drop-down menu and then click 'Next'.
On the welcome screen click 'Next' to continue
How to Install
Installation process
After reading the introduction on Read me
screen, click 'Next' again.
You now need to confirm that you have read and accept the terms of the License
Agreement by selecting the option 'I agree'. Then click 'Next' to proceed
How to Install
Installation process
If you need to customize your installation, you have the possibility here On the following screen you can change the default Destination directory by entering the full path where you want to install avast! Enterprise Administration, or you can click on the button marked '...' and locate the installation folder by browsing your machine and then click 'Next'.
How to Install
Installation process
You can apply your license or download a demo license valid for 15 days
• You can decide to download the mirror directly from internet or from an other mirror
• Also you have the possibility to
configure your proxy in the case you are using any
How to Install
Installation process
• The SQL server connection is provided in here
You have also two possibilities:
You can use the Express Edition of SQL server or the Full Edition
On the Installation information screen check your setup configuration before proceeding with the installation. If you missed something, just use the
'Back' button to go back and change the configuration. Then click 'Next'.
How to Install
Installation process
Mirror Creation status if you selected to generate the
Mirror during the installation. Depending upon the speed of your machine, it may take a few minutes to complete
How to Install
Installation process
You will be asked to generate a new self-signed
certificate for the EAS server, please just click on the button “Generate New…”
End of the installation process Then confirm by clicking the “Generate”
How to Deploy
Console Interface
You must provide the EAS server name
(you can detect it if you are not sure by clicking the button “Detect servers”)
You must provide your username and
password . The default username is “Administrator” and the default password is “admin”
How to Deploy
How to Deploy
Computer discovery task
You can use the predefined one or create a new “Discovery task” to find all your computers in the network
How to Deploy
Computer discovery task
If you decide to use the predefined or define a new computer “Discovery task”, please make sure to review the settings of this task in order to provide the right information.
You can chose to find the
computers by using the windows Active Directory or the NT LAN Manager.
How to Deploy
Computer discovery task
From here, you can select the right EAS
server if you have more than one
Then run the task to find the
computers by double-clicking it or do a right-click and select “Run”
How to Deploy
Computer discovery task
After run the task you will get the created “Computer catalog” with the list of found computers
How to Deploy
Installation package creation
After getting the compute catalog, you need to create an installation package. Go to “Installation package” menu, right-click and select “Create package”. Give a name to your package to find it easily.Select the package component then click on “Edit” to customize it. Once done click “OK” and “OK”
How to Deploy
Installation package creation
The created installation package will be seen in the installation packages list. This package will be used during the deployment task creation
How to Deploy
Deployment task
Go to the task menu and create a new task by right-clicking into the panel and select “Create New…”You will need to specify some details for this task.
• Name of the task to find it easily
• A comment (optional)
• The type (Deploy managed product)
How to Deploy
Deployment task
Now, you must select the created installation package and chose if you want to remotely deploy or generate a self-extract .exe file that you can use to install manually the managed product on a machineThen select the Reboot option, if you want to reboot or not your machine once the deployment is done.
Then click the menu item “Login Accounts” for the next step
How to Deploy
Deployment task
Now, you must provide a login account with enough rights to access themachines in your network and install an application.
Please make sure to use the following syntaxes for the Account field
Workgroup\Username (For Workgroup)
Domain\Username (For Domain) then click the menu item
How to Deploy
Deployment task
After that, you will need to select the computer(s) you want to deploy on. If you want to deploy on all of them, then keep the star mark.You also have the possibility to exclude one or more machines from the list
Or, you can just select the ones you want by click the “browse” button in the “computers”
How to Deploy
Deployment task
you can just select the computers you want from the computer catalog,
there is the possibility to do a mass selection with “Ctrl” key, then click “OK”
You will see the list of selected computers in the “Computers” section.
Then click the menu item “EAS” for the next step
How to Deploy
Deployment task
Here, select the right EAS server if you have installed more than one
How to Deploy
Deployment task
You have the option to schedule the deployment task if you need to run it automatically at a specific date and time
How to Deploy
Deployment task
Here, you have the option to chose to run an other task once the
How to Deploy
Deployment task
Here, you have the option to chose to run an other task if the deployment task fails. After click “OK” to finish the deployment configuration
Go to find the created deployment task under Client-side-tasks -> Deployment task
Right-click on the created task and select “Run” to start it
How to Deploy
Deployment task
Refresh the panel with “F5” or right-click in the panel and select
“Refresh” to see the current status of the running task. You can do it every 30 seconds
You will see a green icon which means that the task is running without any problem
