Installation steps for email protection solutions

Complete the following procedures in the order in which they are listed. These steps are needed when installing an on-premises Forcepoint Email Security solution (on a V Series, X Series, or virtual appliance).
  • Deployment in a Microsoft Azure environment includes options for installing Forcepoint Email Security appliances and Forcepoint Security Manager and SQL Server entirely in Azure, or combining certain on-premises and Azure components. See Installing Forcepoint Email Security in Microsoft Azure for all deployment options and installation instructions.
    Important: All components in the deployment, including those running off-appliance, must run the same version of Forcepoint software.

Steps

  1. Install and configure your Forcepoint appliances. See Forcepoint Appliances Getting Started Guide for detailed setup and configuration instructions.

    Continue with the next step if you have already completed the appliance setup

  2. Install Email Log Server.

    When deploying Email Log Server and Forcepoint Email Security on the same machine, both components are installed together. When deploying Email Log Server and Forcepoint Email Security on separate machines, it is recommended to install Email Log Server before installing other Forcepoint Email Security components. See Installing email protection components.

  3. Install Forcepoint Management Infrastructure (Windows only), the Data Security module (for email DLP functions), and the Email Security module. You must install the Data Security module in addition to the Email Security module in order to access and configure email DLP functions in Forcepoint Email Security Solutions. See Creating a Forcepoint Management Server.
  4. Install all other off-appliance product components.
    Important:

    To ensure that you install all required components of your email protection solution, including data loss prevention, we recommend that you select Forcepoint Email Security on the Installation Type page of the Forcepoint Security Installer, rather than performing a Custom installation of the product.

    When you select Forcepoint Email Security on this page, Forcepoint DLP is automatically selected as well. Data loss prevention (DLP) functions are installed along with email protection functions. A Custom installation does not automatically install Forcepoint DLP with Forcepoint Email Security.