Installing Kaspersky Security Center

This procedure describes how to install Kaspersky Security Center. Before installation, you must install a database management system.

Use the installation file—ksc64_[version_number]_amd64.deb or ksc64-[version_number].x86_64.rpm—that corresponds to the Linux distribution installed on your device. You receive the installation file by downloading it from the Kaspersky website.

To install Kaspersky Security Center:

  1. Make sure that the device on which you want to install Kaspersky Security Center is running one of the supported Linux distributions.
  2. In the command line, run the commands provided in this instruction under an account with root privileges.
  3. Create a group 'kladmins' and an unprivileged account 'ksc'. The account must be a member of the 'kladmins' group. To do this, sequentially run the following commands:

    # adduser ksc

    # groupadd kladmins

    # gpasswd -a ksc kladmins

    # usermod -g kladmins ksc

  4. Run the Kaspersky Security Center installation. Depending on your Linux distribution, run one of the following commands:
    • # apt install /<path>/ksc64_[version_number]_amd64.deb
    • # yum install /<path>/ksc64-[version_number].x86_64.rpm -y
  5. Run the Kaspersky Security Center configuration:

    # /opt/kaspersky/ksc64/lib/bin/setup/postinstall.pl

  6. Read the End User License Agreement (EULA) and the Privacy Policy. The text is displayed in the command line window. Press the space bar to view the next text segment. Then, when prompted, enter the following values:
    1. Enter y if you understand and accept the terms of the EULA. Enter n if you do not accept the terms of the EULA. To use Kaspersky Security Center, you must accept the terms of the EULA.
    2. Enter y if you understand and accept the terms of the Privacy Policy, and you agree that your data will be handled and transmitted (including to third countries) as described in the Privacy Policy. Enter n if you do not accept the terms of the Privacy Policy. To use Kaspersky Security Center, you must accept the terms of the Privacy Policy.
  7. When prompted, enter the following settings:
    1. Enter the Administration Server DNS name or static IP address.
    2. Enter the Administration Server port number. By default, port 14000 is used.
    3. Enter the Administration Server SSL port number. By default, port 13000 is used.
    4. Evaluate the approximate number of devices that you intend to manage:
      • If you have from 1 to 100 networked devices, enter 1.
      • If you have from 101 to 1000 networked devices, enter 2.
      • If you have more than 1000 networked devices, enter 3.
    5. Enter the security group name for services. By default, the 'kladmins' group is used.
    6. Enter the account name to start the Administration Server service. The account must be a member of the entered security group. By default, the 'ksc' account is used.
    7. Enter the account name to start other services. The account must be a member of the entered security group. By default, the 'ksc' account is used.
    8. Enter the IP address of the device on which the database is installed.
    9. Enter the database port number. This port is used to communicate with Administration Server. By default, port 3306 is used.
    10. Enter the database name.
    11. Enter the login of the database root account that you use to access the database.
    12. Enter the password of the database root account that you use to access the database.

      Wait for the services to be added and started automatically:

      • klnagent_srv
      • kladminserver_srv
      • klactprx_srv
      • klwebsrv_srv
    13. Create an account that will act as an Administration Server administrator. Enter the user name and password.

      The password must comply with the following rules:

      • The user password cannot have less than 8 or more than 16 characters.
      • The password must contain characters from at least three of the groups listed below:
        • Uppercase letters (A-Z)
        • Lowercase letters (a-z)
        • Numbers (0-9)
        • Special characters (@ # $ % ^ & * - _ ! + = [ ] { } | : ' , . ? / \ ` ~ " ( ) ;)

The user is added and Kaspersky Security Center is installed.

Service verification

Use the following commands to check whether or not a service is running:

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