Installation and Configuration of Sophos Enterprise Console 5.1 in your Networks - 2. Configuration

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Steps: 

After the installation of the Sophos Enterprise Console you had logged off.

Now you logged in and the Console starts automatically.

This Windows will appear:

1. Cancel this Window and change to the "Update Manager“ menu.

2. You will see this:

3. Rightclick on the Servername and choose: View/Edit Configuration and this Window will appear:

4. Select Add

5. Write in the Adress field the IP Address of one of your Infrastructure Server and add the port 8085. For example: http://10.1.1.11:8085

No other fields must be populated

6. This Message can be closed with yes

7. Choose Subscriptions

8. Add Recommended to Subscribed to:

9. Go to Distribution

10. The Distribution should look like this automatically, if not add \\Yourserver\SophosUpdate to Update to:

11. Go to Schedule

12. Both values should be on 60 minutes

13. Choose Logging

14. Total size is 500 MB and Remove older than 20 days is normal but this is your choise

15. Go to Advanced

16. Make sure, that the drop down field shows 1 Recommended

17. When you closed this with OK, 2 windows with messages will appear. You can close both with yes

18. After this you can start the update of the server

19. At Download Status should stand: Downloading Binaries
20. After about 5 minutes it should be like this, the time and date should be near to the current

21. Right-Click “Recommended” and choose “Duplicate Subscription”.

22. We need to create three more Software Subscriptions, which are named:

SLS Linux

SLS network v. 9.5

SLS network v. 10.2

When you are finished we have four Subscriptions. With this configuration we are more flexible.

23. Now double click the Subscription “Recommended”. A new window will appear. Now we need to configure the subscription.

24. In “Recommended” we deactivate all platforms. So remove all existing checkmarks so nothing is enabled. Afterwards click “OK”.

25. A new message will appear which you can close with OK:

26. This Information is also normal, also if you don’t have the group \Infra in the list yet

27. Now we need to configure the other three subscriptions.
28. Subscription “JOHN Linux”

Platform:           Linux

Version:                        9 Recommended

Important:

Uncheck all other platforms and uncheck

“Automatically upgrade fixed version software when it is no longer supported by Sophos” (on the bottom of the window)

29. Subscription “John network v. 9.5”

Platform:           Windows 2000 and above

Version:                        9.5 Extended Maintenance Recommended

Important:

Uncheck all other platforms and uncheck

“Automatically upgrade fixed version software when it is no longer supported by Sophos” (on the bottom of the window)

30. Subscription “John network v. 10.2”

Platform:           Windows 2000 and above

Version:                        10.2 Recommended

Important:

Uncheck all other platforms and uncheck

“Automatically upgrade fixed version software when it is no longer supported by Sophos” (on the bottom of the window)

31. Choose "EndPoints"  you should see this:

32. Open in the Policy Chart the Point “Updating” and double click the Policy “Default”.
33. A new window will appear. Change to the tab “Subscription” and choose in the dropdown menu “SLS network v. 10.2”. This is because the client 9.5 is running out of support by Sophos.

34. Go to the Root point “Your Server” and create a new Group called Production. Move your server in it. Your are able to manage this group and all computer in it.

35. You need to use Discover computers now, so you can manage all your clients in the network

36. Discover by IP range

37. Enter the credentials of a administrative account

38.  Enter the IP range of your production network.

39. When you have done this, move all computers Sophos has found to the group Production
40. A Window will appear for protect the moved computers

41. Uncheck this checkbox and go to the next page

42. The selected options are fine

43. A list of your clients will appear, which will be protected with Sophos

44. You need adminstrative credentials to install or reconfigure Sophos antivirus on these computers

45. After you finished the next page, your computer should look like the next picture.
    Which means, that they are installing or reconfiguring Sophos antivirus.

References:

• Sophos Enterprise Console quick startup guide (5.2)
• Sophos Enterprise Console advanced startup guide (5.2)