Installing the Management Server

The first step in installing Forcepoint DLP is to install the management server. The management server hosts both the Forcepoint Security Manager (the graphical user interface used to manage Forcepoint security solutions) and core Forcepoint DLP components.

• Installation must be completed on the management server before other Forcepoint DLP components (supplemental servers, protectors, and endpoints, for example) can be installed.
• The management server serves as the primary Forcepoint DLP server.

There are 2 parts to installing Forcepoint DLP components on the management server:

1. Install the Forcepoint Infrastructure.

   The management infrastructure includes the Forcepoint Security Manager and its settings database.

2. Install Forcepoint DLP management components.

   The Forcepoint DLP management server components include the policy engine, crawler, fingerprint repository, forensics repository, and endpoint server.

Both parts are described in the below task, under Install the management server.

Forcepoint DLP may be installed on hardware or virtual machines (VMs).

Starting in Forcepoint DLP v8.9, Forcepoint Security Manager and Forcepoint DLP may be installed in Amazon Web Services (AWS). For more information, see DLP Installation in Cloud Providers.

After the management components have been installed, additional Forcepoint DLP agents, servers, and crawlers may be installed to add functionality and for system scaling.

See Installing Supplemental Forcepoint DLP Servers and Installing Forcepoint DLP Agents for more information.