Performing the Initial File Protect Configuration Using AWS

The management interface is the port through which the File Protect instance is managed and administered. It is also the port through which integration of the Central Management System instance and managed appliances is managed.

Initial settings need to be configured to set up the management interface and to allow access to the network, change the default admin password, and so on.

To perform the initial configuration of a File Protect instance:

Connect to the sensor through an SSH client.
At the login prompt, enter admin.
Do one of the following:
- Use the ssh -i command to use the private key file to establish the SSH session. For example, ssh -i /path/<my-key-pair>.pem admin@<instance>. When prompted, change the password using the username admin password <new password> command. You will be logged out. Log in again using the new password.
- At the password prompt, enter the initial password you configured in Configuring the activation code and initial Admin password.
Accept the license agreement. The configuration jump-start wizard begins.
Answer the wizard questions as described in the following table.
Important
If you want to configure a static IP address instead of using DHCP, see Configuring a static IP address for the ether1 interface.
Note
If you enter yes in the "Use DHCP on ether1 interface?" step, the ether1 interface will obtain its IP address from the AWS eth0 device.

Step	Response
Enter activation code?	Enter the activation code for the appliance. (This step is skipped if you provided the activation code in Configuring the Activation Code and Initial Admin Password.)
Hostname?	Enter the hostname for the appliance.
Admin password?	(Optional) Enter a new administrator password.
Confirm admin password?	Re-enter the new administrator password.
Enable remote access for 'admin' user?	Enter yes to enable the administrator to log in to the appliance remotely. Enter no to disable remote access.
Enable IPv4 for the management interface (ether1)?	Enter yes to enable the IPv4 protocol. If you enter no, IPv4 setup is skipped and you are redirected to the IPv6 configuration, where you can enable or configure IPv6 instead.
Use DHCP on ether1 interface?	Enter no to manually configure your IP address and network settings.
Use zeroconf on ether1 interface?	Enter yes to use zero-configuration (zeroconf) networking. Enter no to specify a static IP address and network mask. (If you specify yes, the next step is skipped.) NOTE: Do not use zeroconf on the primary interface.
Primary IP address and masklen?	Enter the IP address for the management interface in A.B.C.D format and enter the network mask (for example, 1.1.1.2 /24).
Default gateway?	Enter the gateway IP address for the management interface.
Primary DNS server?	Enter the IP address of the DNS server.
Enable IPv6 on management interface (ether1)?	Enter yes to enable configuration. Enter no to disable configuration. The default setting is no.
Enable IPv6 autoconfig (SLAAC) on ether1 interface?	Enter yes to enable configuration. Enter no to disable configuration. The default setting is no.
Enable DHCPv6 on ether1 interface?	Enter yes to enable configuration. Enter no to disable configuration. The default setting is no.
Primary IPv6 address and masklen (connection may be lost upon change)?	Enter the IPv6 address in X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X format and the prefix length. Example: 2001:db8::1/64.
Primary DNS server?	Enter the IPv6 address in X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X format. Example: 2001:db8::1.
Domain name?	Enter the domain for the management interface (for example, it.acme.com).
Enable fenet service?	Enter yes to enable access to the DTI network. (If you enter no, the next three steps are skipped.)
Enable fenet license update service?	Enter yes to enable the licensing service to automatically download your licenses from the DTI network and install them. (If licenses are downloaded and installed successfully, the wizard skips the step that prompts for the product license key and the step that prompts for the security-content updates key.)
Sync appliance time with fenet?	Enter yes to synchronize the appliance time with the DTI server time. If you enabled the licensing service, synchronization prevents a feature from being temporarily unlicensed due to a time gap. The wizard makes three attempts to perform this step before it gives up and moves to the next step.
Update licenses from fenet?	Enter yes to download and install your licenses. The wizard makes three attempts to perform this step before it gives up and moves to the next step.
Enable NTP?	Enter yes to enable automatic time synchronization with one or more Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers. Enter no to manually set the time and date on the appliance. (This step is skipped if you entered yes in the "Sync appliance time with fenet?" or "Enable Incident Response or Compromise Assessment" step.) If you enter no, specify the time and date in subsequent steps.
Set time (<hh>:<mm>:<ss>)?	Enter the appliance time in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (UTC+0). (This step and the next step are skipped if you entered yes in the "Sync appliance time with fenet?" or "Enable NTP?" step.
Set date (<yyyy>/<mm>/<dd>)?	Enter the appliance date in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (UTC+0).
Enable IPv6?	Enter yes to enable IPV6 protocol, which changes network routing from IPv4 to IPv6.
Enable IPv6 autoconfig (SLAAC) on ether1 interface?	Enter yes to enable IPv6 autoconfig on the ether1 (management interface) port. (This step is skipped if you entered no in the "Enable IPv6" step.)
Enable DHCPv6 on ether1 interface?	Enter yes to use DHCPv6 to configure IPv6 hosts with IP addresses. (This step is skipped if you entered no in the "Use DHCP on ether1 interface" or "Enable IPv6" step.)
Submission: Configure interface?	Press Enter to accept ether1 as the interface through which sensors and brokers communicate. Otherwise, enter the name of another interface. (If you accept ether1, the next three steps are skipped.)
Submission: Interface?	Enter the name of the other interface. NOTE: To keep management and data traffic separate, Trellix recommends that you use another management interface, such as ether2, and not a monitoring interface.
Submission: Use DHCP on <name> interface?	Enter yes to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure the submission interface IP address and other network parameters. Enter no to manually configure the IP address and network settings. (If you enter yes, the static IP addressing steps are skipped.)
Submission: IP address and masklen?	Enter the IP address for the submission interface in A.B.C.D format and enter the network mask (for example, 10.1.1.1 /24).
Submission: Default IPv4 gateway?	Enter the gateway IP address for the submission interface.
Product license key?	Press Enter to install a 15-day evaluation license.
Security-content updates key?	Press Enter to skip this step and install the license later.

Performing the Initial File Protect Configuration Using AWS

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