Installing the Analytics Engine virtual appliance

Once you acquire an Analytics Engine OVA, you will need to deploy it to a virtual machine and initiate the machine. The first time you power on (boot) the virtual appliance, a firstboot wizard displays with prompts to guide you through the installation.

Steps

  1. From the firstboot wizard, enter yes to install the Analytics Engine image, then read and accept the subscription agreement.
  2. At the first prompt, select the security mode. The only available option is 1, for Forcepoint DLP Analytics Engine. Enter yes to continue.
  3. Enter the hostname for the appliance.
    Example: appliance.domain.com
  4. You have the option to configure an NTP server; select yes to enable NTP and enter the NTP server, separating URLs with commas.
  5. Select the relevant time zone.
  6. Enter the administrator password for logging into the appliance.
  7. The selected configuration displays for review. If you are satisfied with the current configuration, enter yes to continue with configuring the appliance network.
  8. You have the option to configure the appliance network using a DHCP server or manually. Select no for manual configuration; DHCP is not supported.
  9. If you selected manual configuration, enter the subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS when prompted.
  10. The selected configuration displays for review. If you are satisfied with the current configuration, enter yes to continue with configuring the appliance engine.
  11. Enter the IP address of the Forcepoint Security Manager.
  12. Enter the username and password for the Forcepoint Security Manager.
  13. The selected configuration displays for review. If you are satisfied with the current configuration, enter yes.
  14. The full configuration settings for the Analytics Engine display for review. If you are satisfied with the finished configuration, enter yes.
    If you enter no, the configuration wizard restarts and you will need to re-enter all of the information.
  15. After you have completed the wizard, the Analytics Engine virtual appliance is installed and displays on the page Settings > Deployment > System Modules. To deploy the Analytics Engine, click Deploy.