Quick Installation

Please walk through the following steps. If you encounter any issues during installation, refer to our Troubleshooting Guide.

Step #1 - Create a new user that will own all the release files and run the appliance

sudo adduser filescanio

Step #2 - Download and unpack the release archive to a folder, e.g.: your home folder

Install 7zip:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full -y

Download the release archive from https://my.opswat.com/portal/products

Note that the release archive is password protected and needs to be unpacked.

7z x -p"PASSWORD" MetaDefender_Sandbox_vx.y.z-Standalone.zip

7z x fsBootstrap.zip -ofsBootstrap

rm fsBootstrap.zip

Step #3 - Ensure that the embedded installation scripts are executable and have the unix format:

cd fsBootstrap

chmod +x *.sh

sudo apt-get install dos2unix -y

dos2unix *

Step #4 - Edit bootstrap.cfg to enable optional features (e.g. S3 bucket storage, E-Mail).

Note: Default settings work fine for standard deploys and all features can be configured post installation.

Step #5 - Move the FileScanIO.zip archive into the current folder (fsBootstrap)

mv ../FileScanIO.zip .

Step #6 - Run the bootstrap shell script

Note that this operation can take up to 20-30 minutes (depending on available network bandwidth).

sudo ./bootstrap.sh

The first step of the installation process is accepting the product EULA, you need to press Y to start the installation.

Step #7 - Optimize your transform and broker components if needed. More information: Sandbox Engine Options.

Step #8 - Access the Filescan web server (https://localhost:443) and setup the initial Admin user

Step #9 - Add your Activation Key

The system will not be able to generate scan reports yet, as a valid Activation Key is required.

Please use the Activation Key that you received from your OPSWAT Sales Representative, and follow the instructions on the License Activation page.

Simple steps for Online activation:

Navigate to the Admin panel > Settings > Integrations > License Management tab, then click on Activate All, then enter your license key!

Step #10 - Optional: start the transform and/or broker services, if not running already

sudo service fsio start

sudo service fsiobroker start

Step #11 - Check the application logs to ensure that the initialization succeeded

To initialize the newly created bash aliases, please run this command:

exec bash

After this, the following command aliases will be available to the filescanio user (see bootstrap.cfg) and the user who performed the installation:

fsiolog

fsiologbroker

Important notes for air-gapped systems

• The installation process requires an Internet connection (moving the system into a DMZ is recommended)
• Air-gapped systems will only receive updated features (like YARA) when installed and upgraded with an active internet connection. We recommend moving the system into a DMZ during these windows.
• All third-party integrations (e.g. Reputation API, geolocation/WHOIS lookup) require an Internet connection.
• The "File download" feature is not available in air-gapped environments.

To run the sandbox in an offline environment without any errors, the following settings must be changed (after completing the installation process in an online environment).

Please open /home/filescanio/FileScanIO/fsTransform/conf/transform.properties.custom using a text editor and add the following lines:

downloadLatestPeStudioForDataEnrichment=false

runDomainResolver=false

runFileDownloaders=false

runIPStackLookupOnExectractedHosts=false

runIPStackOnDomainResolvedIPs=false

runHexillionOnExtractedDomains=false

runWhoisRecordLookups=false

ntpServer=127.0.0.1

ntpServerTimeout=1

ntpServerRefreshRateInSeconds=31536000

runSystemUpdateEvery=31536000

runYaraUpdateOnStartup=false

runPatchesOnStartup=false

runOSINTLookups=false

Also open /home/filescanio/FileScanIO/fsTransform/conf/reputation.properties.custom using a text editor and add the following line:

refreshReputationSources=false

Please remember to save both configuration files and restart the fsio service:

sudo service fsio restart