Enabling or disabling the Python-based tool using the CLI

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Follow these steps to enable or disable the Python-based tool to perform static analysis on malware samples based on YARA rules and based on other file type analysis techniques.

To enable the Python-based tool:
  1. Enable the CLI configuration mode.

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Enable the Python-based tool to perform static analysis on the appliance.

    hostname (config) # static-analysis sa-python enable
  3. Verify that the Python-based tool can perform static analysis based on YARA rules and based on other file type analysis techniques on the appliance.

    hostname (config) # show static-analysis config
    Static Analysis enabled                   : yes
      AV-suite enabled                        : yes
      SA on AV-suite whitelist enabled        : no
      AV-check enabled                        : yes
      Dropper enabled                         : yes
      YARA enabled                           : yes
      .....
To disable the Python-based tool:
  1. Enable the CLI configuration mode.

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Disable the Python-based tool.

    hostname (config) # no static-analysis sa-python enable
  3. Verify that the Python-based tool is disabled.

    hostname (config) # show static-analysis config
    Static Analysis enabled                   : yes
      AV-suite enabled                        : yes
      SA on AV-suite whitelist enabled        : no
      AV-check enabled                        : yes
      Dropper enabled                         : yes
      YARA enabled                           : no
      .....