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Run Policy Manager Console
The last stage in setting up the product is to run Policy Manager Console for the first time.
To run Policy Manager Console for the first time:
1. Run Policy Manager Console by selecting Start
➤
Programs
➤
F-Secure Policy Manager Console
➤
F-Secure Policy Manager Console .
When Policy Manager Console is run for the first time, the Console Setup Wizard collects the information
needed to create an initial connection to the server. The first page of the Policy Manager Console setup
wizard summarizes the installation process.
2. Click Next to continue.
3. Select your user mode according to your needs:
• Administrator mode - enables all administrator features.
• Read-only mode - allows you to view administrator data, but no changes can be made. If you select
Read-only mode , you will not be able to administer hosts. To change to Administrator mode , you
will need the
admin.pub
and
admin.prv
administration keys.
4. Click Next to continue.
5. Enter the address of the Policy Manager Server that is used for communicating with the managed hosts,
then click
Next to continue.
6. Enter the path where the administrator’s public key and private key files will be stored.
By default, key files are stored in the Policy Manager Console installation directory:
Program
Files\F-Secure\Administrator
.
7. Click Next to continue.
Note: If the key-pair does not already exist, it will be created later in the setup process.
8. Move your mouse cursor around in the window to initialize the random seed used by the management
key-pair generator.
Using the path of the mouse movement ensures that the seed number for the key-pair generation algorithm
has enough random variation.
When the progress indicator has reached 100%, the Passphrase dialog box will open automatically.
9. Enter a passphrase, which will secure your private management key.
10. Re-enter your passphrase in the Confirm passphrase field and click Next .
11. Click Finish to complete the setup process.
Policy Manager Console will generate the management key-pair. After the key-pair is generated, Policy
Manager Console will start.
The setup wizard creates the user group
FSPM users
. The user who was logged in and ran the installer
is automatically added to this group. To allow another user to run Policy Manager you must manually add
this user to the
FSPM users
user group.
Policy Manager Console starts in Anti-virus mode, which is an optimized user interface for managing Client
Security, Anti-virus for Workstations and Anti-virus for Windows Servers. If you are going to use Policy Manager
Console for managing any other F-Secure product, you should use the
Advanced mode user interface. You
can access it by selecting View
➤
Advanced mode from the menu.
When setting up workstations, you must provide them with a copy of the
admin.pub
key file (or access to
it). If you install the F-Secure products on the workstations remotely with Policy Manager, a copy of the
admin.pub
key file is installed automatically on them. However, if you run the setup from a CD, you must
transfer a copy of the
admin.pub
key file manually to the workstations. The best and most secure method
is to copy the
admin.pub
file to a diskette and use this diskette for workstation installations. Alternatively,
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