Installation Quick Steps

Before starting the installation please make sure your server computer or virtual machine meets the Operating system and hardware requirements

Ubuntu or Debian installs

1. Download mdicapsrv package from the OPSWAT Portal. Make sure that you download the applicable package for your distribution
2. Upload the installation package to your server computers
3. Install the product with the following command (<filename> is the MetaDefender ICAP Server package you downloaded from our portal):

$ sudo dpkg -i <filename>

4. If dpkg shows error messages about missing dependencies you should execute:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

5. Open a web browser and point to (<server name or IP> is the DNS name or IP address of your server):

http://<server name or IP>:8048

Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS installs

1. Download mdicapsrv package from the OPSWAT Portal. Make sure that you download the applicable package for your distribution
2. Upload the installation package to your server computers
3. Install the product with the following command (<filename> is the MetaDefender ICAP Server package you downloaded from our portal):

$ sudo yum install <filename>

4. Open a web browser and point to (<server name or IP> is the DNS name or IP address of your server):

http://<server name or IP>:8048

5. Enter default login credentials, username: admin, password: admin

Windows installs

1. Download mdicapsrv Windows installer from the OPSWAT Portal
2. Upload the installation package to your server computers
3. Install the product with executing the installer
4. Open a web browser and point to (<server name or IP> is the DNS name or IP address of your server):

http://<server name or IP>:8048

To continue the basic setup, follow the license activation instructions on License activation.

For more information on Installation procedures see Installing MetaDefender ICAP Server.