How do I install the VigilEnt Security Agent for WebServer Detect/Prevent Plug-In for Apache? (NETIQKB31832)

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How do I install the VigilEnt Security Agent for WebServer Detect/Prevent Plug-In for Apache?

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VigilEnt Security Agent for WebServers 3.0

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Use the following steps to enable the Detect/Prevent component on an Apache system if Detect/Prevent was not enabled during the initial installation.

The batch file described below appends two lines of text to the Apache configuration file and installs the logging service used by Detect/Prevent for high-speed, optionally encrypted and optionally non-repudiated logging, and adjusts service dependencies to start the logging service before Apache:

LoadModule vsa_ap_module - install_dir/IDS/bin/VSAforApache.dll
vsa_initialize - install_dir/IDS/servers/VSAforApache/config/VSAforApach.xml

1. From a command prompt, change to the install_dir\IDS\bin directory.

2. Run the installDetectApache.bat file. If the script reports that the configuration information was not entered during the initial installation, take the following corrective actions:

   1. Copy the original script to a back up:

      copy installDetectApache.bat
installDetectApache-save.bat

   2. Open installDetectApache.bat in a text editor.

   3. If necessary, change the text on the line containing set INSTALL_DIRECTORY= to the install_dir directory (by default, the installation directory is c:\Program Files\PentaSafe\VSAforWebServers).

   4. If necessary, change the text on the line containing set CONFIG_FILE= to the path to the Apache configuration file (by default, c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\conf\httpd.conf)
   5. Rerun installDetectApache.bat.

3. Restart Apache (either from the Services Control Panel or from the Start menu at Start | Programs | Apache | Apache HTTP Server | Control Apache Server | Restart).

To manually remove Detect/Prevent from the Apache configuration, run the removeDetectApache.bat script, and make the modifications described in steps 2a-2d as necessary. Restart Apache as described in step 3 above.

Formerly known as NETIQKB31832