Installing the Supplemental Server to be used as an Endpoint Server

Steps

  1. In the menu of instance, click Connect and set the windows password. Next, download the RDP file and then connect via RDP to the instance.
  2. Install .NET 3.5 and other needed software on the server that will run the Supplemental Server.
  3. Copy to the server the installation file. This can be done through any available cloud storage (Google Cloud Storage, AWS S3, OneDrive, Dropbox, SharePoint etc.).
  4. Run installation file according to standard Forcepoint procedure. Reboot the machine if needed.
  5. If you want to have the Endpoint Server on the Supplemental Server, you need to assign a static External IP for this machine. After getting the External IP, you must add it to the properties of Endpoint Server: DLP manager > Deployment > System Modules > Supplemental Server > Endpoint Server > FDQN, and then enter the External IP. If you want Secondary server to be the primary Endpoint Server, navigate to Endpoint Profiles, and create/select a profile and in Servers, make the Secondary server as the primary Endpoint Server.
  6. On FSM instance, copy the endpoint package builder, received from Forcepoint. Place all files from the package to %DSS_HOME%client and run the package builder. Enter the External IP of FSM GCP instance, from where the endpoint will get settings updates.
  7. Copy the endpoint installer to the endpoint and run the installer. Reboot if needed and check the status on the endpoint interface when done. It must show connection status and a time of policy update.
  8. On the FSM interface, check for the newly added endpoint.