Algo Sec Vm Appliance

AlgoSec VM Appliance

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Installing and Using the AlgoSec VM Appliance v6.2


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1 Introduction The AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) and AlgoSec FireFlow products can be run from a VMware virtual machine. This machine includes a hardened Linux installation with AFA and FireFlow applications, and can be run from a Windows or Linux machine. To install and use the AlgoSec VM Appliance, please follow the instructions hereafter.

2 Prerequisites: VMware Before installing the AlgoSec VM Appliance you need to have a working copy of a VMware

product such as VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VMware Server, VMware ESX or

VMware ESXi. If you do not have VMware installed, please follow these instructions:

1. Download VMware Player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

2. Simply run the installation file, using all the suggested default values.

http://www.vmware.com/download/player/


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3 Installing the AlgoSec VM Appliance – VMware Player/Server

These instructions are suitable for VMware Player / Server. If you have VMware ESX or

VMware ESXi: please skip to Section ‎4 “Installing the AlgoSec VM Appliance – VMware

ESX/ESXi” below.

1. Download the AlgoSec VM Appliance (zip file) to your Windows Computer.

2. Extract the contents of the zip file. A directory named “AlgoSec_VM_Appliance” will be

created.

3. Run VMware Player, go to File > Open, navigate to the “AlgoSec_VM_Appliance”

directory, and choose the file “AlgoSec.vmx”.

4. The VM will start its power-up sequence, and the AlgoSec login screen will appear

5. Please go to section 5.


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4 Installing the AlgoSec VM Appliance – VMware ESX/ESXi

These instructions are suitable for VMware ESX or VMware ESXi. If you already followed the instructions for VMware Player/Server: please skip to Section 5 “Basic Configuration of the AlgoSec System” below.

1. Download the Algosec ESX (zip file) to your windows computer.

2. Extract the contents of the zip file. A directory named “AlgoSec_ovf” will be created.

3. Open the vSphere client and connect to your ESX host / vCenter.

4. In file ‐> deploy OVF template, navigate to the AlgoSec_ovf/AlgoSecAppliance, and chose

the file “AlgoSecAppliance.ovf” press “next”

5. Press “Next” through the next 2 screens


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6. In the next screen, choose “Thin provisioned format”


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7. Review the Virtual Machine parameters and press OK to create it.


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8. After the virtual machine is created, power it on. After the VM finishes its power‐up

sequence, the AlgoSec login screen will appear on the console.

5 Basic Configuration of the AlgoSec System 1. After the appliance powers up you can login to the Linux system:

Username: root

Password: algosec

The following screen will appear:

Press 1 and configure your IP address.

2. Browse to machine’s IP, the following screen will appear.


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3. Firewall Analyzer Configuration:

a. Press on the “Firewall Analyzer” button. A first-time setup page will appear.

b. Define an AFA administrator account. You will be requested to fill in your name,

email address, and a password

c. Define a mail server

If you have AlgoSec FireFlow installed go to section 4.

4. FireFlow Configuration

d. Go back to the AlgoSec’s Linux system

Username: root

Password: algosec

e. The following screen will appear:

f. Press option 12 “Setup FireFlow configuration”, and follow the wizard

instructions.

5. If you haven't done so already, request a license (www.algosec.com) and proceed to

section ‎6 below: “Installing the License”.

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6 Installing the License Next you need to install the license that you received from AlgoSec:

1. Open a Web Browser (Internet Explorer / Firefox /etc.).

2. Browse to the AFA web interface – the URL is displayed on the Linux screen. It will be

something like:

https://<ip-address-of-vm>/afa

The AlgoSec login screen appears

3. Login using the administrator account as defined in step ‎5 “Basic Configuration of the

AlgoSec System” above.

4. Click on the License link at the top

5. Click on the Install License button, browse to the license file, and click OK.


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7 Upgrading the AlgoSec VM Appliance In case you wish to upgrade the AlgoSec software version to the newest release, you can do

so inside your existing VM.

7.1 Upgrade AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer

1. Download the new AFA release from the AlgoSec website – Select the “'Latest

upgrade for an installed AFA VMware or hardware appliance” version.

Tips:

a. The file name should be, e.g., fa-6.#-##.i386.run

2. Copy the fa-6.#-##.i386.run file to the VMware appliance

3. Login to Linux OS on the VM as “root”. The AlgoSec VM Appliance root login

information is:

User: root

Password: algosec

4. Open a terminal on the Linux VM and change the permissions of the file by typing

chmod u+x fa-6.#-##.i386.run

5. Run the file by typing

./fa-6.#-##.i386.run


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7.2 Upgrade FireFlow

1. Download the new FireFlow release from the AlgoSec website – Select the “'Update

existing FireFlow VMware of hardware appliance – Linux installer kit”

Tips:

a. The file name should be, e.g., algosec-ticketing-6.#-

##.i386.run

2. Copy the algosec-ticketing-6.#-##.i386.run file to the VMware

appliance using “WinSCP”

3. Login to Linux OS on the VM as “root”. The AlgoSec VM Appliance root login

information is:

User: root

Password: algosec

4. Open a terminal on the Linux VM and change the permissions of the file by typing

chmod u+x algosec-ticketing-6.#-##.i386.run

5. Run the file by typing

./ algosec-ticketing-6.#-##.i386.run

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