Installing or Upgrading MetaDefender ICAP Server

Installation overview

The following steps need to be executed to install MetaDefender ICAP Server

1. Download the package of your choice from the OPSWAT portal
2. Install the package on your computer via the Command Line or via Wizard
3. Open a web browser and point to (<server name or IP> is the DNS name or IP address of your test server):

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

4. Complete the required steps of the Basic configuration wizard
5. You must Activate this deployment to use its features

Installation

• 2.2.1 Installing MetaDefender ICAP Server using the command line

Installation notes

• If the MetaDefender ICAP Server package dependencies are not installed on your system you may need to have a working Internet connection or you may have to provide the Installation media during the installation. Consult your Operating System documentation on how to use Installation media as a package repository.
• During installation the databases might need to be upgraded. This could take noticeable time.

Installing MetaDefender ICAP Server using the command line

Preliminary notes

If the MetaDefender ICAP Server package dependencies are not installed on your system you may need to have a working Internet connection or you may have to provide the Installation media during the installation. Consult your Operating System documentation on how to use Installation media as a package repository.

For each case below start with the following steps:

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 test computers
3. Install the product with the provided command (<filename> is the MetaDefender ICAP Server package you downloaded from our portal)

Debian / Ubuntu package (.deb)

$ sudo dpkg -i <filename> || sudo apt-get install -f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS package (.rpm)

$ sudo yum install <filename>

Windows package (.msi)

On Windows systems it is possible to install the product by running the corresponding .msi file.

From command line interface it is also possible to install the product by executing

> msiexec /i <filename> <option key>=<option value>

where the possible option keys and their default option values are the following:

For details on using msiexec please consult Windows installer documentation.

Upgrading MetaDefender ICAP Server

Notes for upgrading from MetaDefender ICAP Server v3

Upgrading from MetaDefender ICAP Server v4

To upgrade from a former version of MetaDefender ICAP Server v4 a simple installation of the latest version is enough.

All existing MetaDefender ICAP Server configuration and data will be kept during the upgrade.

Upgrade to MetaDefender ICAP Server v5.2.0

Please refer to Upgrade to MetaDefender ICAP Server older than v5.2.0 (Sqlite) to version 5.2.0 -> v5.6.0 (PostgreSQL)