What are the installation directories for MetaDefender Update Downloader?

This article applies to all MetaDefender Update Downloader releases deployed on Windows and Linux systems.

Below lists the default installation directories for Windows and Linux

Windows

LocationPathDescription
Registry
  1. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metadownloader
  2. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metadownloader\globa
  3. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metadownloader\logger

  1. String: “Installation Folder” path

  2. Strings: “restaddress” and “restport”

  3. String: “wineventlog_level”

File Explorer

  1. C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Update Downloader

  2. C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Update Downloader\data

  3. C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Update Downloader\nginx

  4. C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Update Downloader\sqldrivers

  5. C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Update Downloader\tls

  1. Main installation path containing files and sub directories for application functionality.

  2. Directories: update_packages, updates. Where the metascan engine and database packages are stored locally. Files: auditlog.sqlite, config.db.sqlite, config.db.sqlite.key

  3. Website functionality files and directories. HTML, resource.

  4. Database required dll files

  5. TLS required file for HTTPS connection.

Linux

Directory PathDescription
/etc/default/ometadownloaderEnvironment variables for proxy
/etc/init.d/ometadownloaderScript for ometadownloader service start
/etc/logrotate.d/ometadownloaderHow often logs rotate for ometadownloader.log and nginx-ometadownloader.log
/etc/ometadownloader/ometadownloader.confConfiguration file for rest port, and log directories
/usr/bin

Script for collecting support package: ometadownloader-collect-support-data.sh

Script for watchdog: ometadownloader-watchdog.sh

/usr/lib/ometadownloader

Library files

Directories: lib, resources, plugins [SQL database, drivers, TLS]

/usr/lib/systemd/systemOmetadownloader.service
/usr/sbinDirectories: ometadownloader, ometadownloader-strip-configdb, ometadownloader-upgrade-db
/usr/share/doc/ometadownloader/copyrightCopyright file
/usr/share/man/man1Ometadownloader.1.gz
/usr/share/ometadownloaderOmetadownloader.conf - Global configuration for rest port and rest address. Log configuration on where to store log files
/var/lib/ometadownloader

Auditlog.sqlite, config.db.sqlite

Directories: html, update_packages, updates. Where core engine update database and engine packages store locally.

/var/lib/ometadownloader/htmlHTML, CSS for website funtionality
/var/log/ometadownloader

ometadownloader.log

Log file for troubleshooting

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