How to manually install the SphereShield Maintenance Service?

From version 3.7.0 the Housekeeping service name was changed to Maintenance which runs as a separate service from the Access Portal.

1.Move the 'MaintenanceService' which its default location is:

C:\Agat\SphereShield.Setup\Payload\MaintenanceService

to

C:\Agat

2.Open CMD in 'MaintenanceService' folder and run the following command:

AccessPortal.MaintenanceService.exe install

After a successful installation, you should see the Maintenance service listed in the service window:

Give Local Service read permission to

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys to

This is needed to allow decryption of connection string from Access Portal configuration.

You should also give Local Service Write/Modify permissions to

C:\Agat\Logs

Add Local Service to the following groups:

This is needed for UCMA tasks like sending an IM.

To enabling logging in the Event Viewer you will need to add a new source.
You can do that by typing in the following Powershell command:

New-EventLog -LogName 'Application' -Source 'AGAT SphereShield Maintenance Service'

The configuration folder default location is:

C:\Agat\MaintenanceService\Configuration

In that folder you should edit the following files to suit your environment:

In that file, you should edit the 'AccessPortalPath' to point to your Acess Portal folder

Here you can specify where the logs of the Maintenance Service will be saved.