[KB8798] Install ESET Server Security for Linux using ESET PROTECT Live Installer

Issue

• You want to install ESET Server Security for Linux together with ESET Management Agent
• Create Live Installer for ESET Server Security for Linux in ESET PROTECT
• System requirements and supported Linux distributions
• Prerequisites
• Install ESET Server Security for Linux for Linux using Live Installer
• Logs
• Error messages

Details

Solution

The current version of ESET Server Security for Linux: 11.0.227.0

System requirements and supported Linux distributions

See the system requirements and a list of supported Linux distributions for ESET Server Security for Linux.

1. Open the Terminal window by pressing CTRL + ALT + T keys.

2. Log in as a user with root privileges.

3. Get execution permission for the Live Installer file:

   chmod +x epi_lin_live_installer.bin

4. Execute the Live Installer.

   Command line arguments

   To display command line arguments before an execution, use the following command:

   ./epi_lin_live_installer.bin -h

   ./epi_lin_live_installer.bin

5. Follow the on-screen instructions and accept the product License Agreement to complete the installation.

6. When the installation completes, the message "Successfully installed ESET Server Security" will be displayed. ESET Server Security for Linux, ESET Management Agent, and ESET Inspect Connector have been installed, and the server can now be managed from ESET PROTECT.

Logs

During the execution of the Live Installer .bin file, logs are created in /var/log/eset. Logs are also logged to syslog.

To access the logs file, run the following command:

xdg-open /var/log/eset

Error messages

During the binary execution, the following error messages might appear in the Terminal:

Multiple executions

Parallel execution of Live Installer is not allowed and will result in an error message:

• "Failed to acquire an exclusive lock on /var/run/epi_linux_live_installer.pid: Another instance of ESET Live Installer is already running."