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Installation Overview

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  1. Right-click the SphereShield .exe file and run as an administrator.

    In the following windows choose SphereShield for Teams with relevant mode to deployment method (Proxy includes API)

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  2. If no user properties file was detected you will be prompted by a pop-up message to choose one.

    Since this is your first time configuring SphereShield you won't have that file, so just click no and move on



  3. Next, the welcome page will open up. Here you can read a brief overview of our product, SphereShield for Skype for Teams

    After you're done, click next and move on to the next page

  4. In this page, you will be prompted with our End User License Agreement (EULA)

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    After you've read it click next and move on.

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SQL Server Name - the FQDN or IP of your SQL server.
Port - the port you've configured for SQL connection (default is 1433).
Instance Name - the name of the SQL instance on which to install the database
Failover Partner - the node name for the secondary mirrored database.
Database Name - the name for the database.
Backup Location - only needed for upgrades to allow the database to be backed up before the update.
Admin Credentials - These credentials will only be used once in order to create the database. You may use your windows credentials (as long as you have the requisite permissions) or SQL permission.
Application Database Credentials - this user will be created during the installation and it will have limited access that will only allow it to have R/W permission for the Admin Portal's database.

Click   in order to verify correct DB configuration. A successful attempt should look like so (with variation depending on your Admin Portal version):


Admin Portal

The next page in the installer will be Admin Portal configuration:

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Install Destination -The location on the server of the Admin Portal
Log Files Location - Where should the log files of the Admin Portal be stored.
Site Name - the name of the site to appear in the IIS.
Use SSL- a checkbox to determine whether to configure SSL to the Admin Portal site.
Port - The port to be used for connection to the site (make sure that the port is not used by other sites).
SSL Certificate - SSL certificate for a secure connection to the site (in the case where it's checked).
Overwrite web.config - not relevant for a fresh install.
Access Portal/Web API Site Host Name - relevant only in high-performance scenarios; this will create a dedicated web site to support the Access Portal Web API.

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Installation Location - The location on the server to install the CASB adapter.
Log File Location - The location where log files will be saved.


Summary

In this page, you'll be able to review your current configuration before moving forward and beginning the installation.

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After you've confirmed that all your settings are correct press next and move on to the installation phase.

Install

In the next page, you will be able to view all of the various components that are available to install.

For Admin Portal servers, you must install the Database first and the Portal second
For the rest of the components, it's recommended to install the components from top to bottom, starting with the database (not all components are on the same server).

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If you install the Admin Portal on this server, click on the Install button next to Access Portal, and then follow this guide:

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For future installations, take note that the default location of the setup.properties.user file is:

C:\Agat\SphereShield.Setup\setup.properties.user

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After the installation process is finished, go to the IIS management console, and change the customer’s Admin Portal’s follow these steps:

  1. Go to the customer’s AccessPortal Site.

  2. Click on Bindings in the top right menu

  3. Click Add to add a new site

  4. Set the Type to https and port to 443

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Pointing to the hostname (using the same format as all the other customers have):

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  1. Enter the Host name in the format “CustomerName.agatcloud.com”

  2. Choose a certificate

  3. Click OK

See picture below:

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For IT: review the next section and review if needed and if so rewrite it to hold actual information. (I.S. 26/4/22)

and make sure that pool is configured correctly Configuring pool.   Check with support@agatsoftware.com as to what is considered "configured correctly", which cert should be used, and the process for adding such a cert.

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If a customer has multiple locations it is important to install the same product version in all locations

This page is deprecated and will be transitioned into troubleshooting page or archived (I.S. )