Activating operating system and application images in Sandbox Storage

You can create a virtual machine with non-activated images of Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows 10 (64-bit) and applications required by the Sandbox component and activate them using your own license code after installing the virtual machine.

Windows images and the Microsoft Office suite can be activated using the kata_images.py file. This file is part of the distribution kit.

Correct activation of Windows images and the Microsoft Office suite requires Internet access. Make sure Internet access is configured correctly.

During the activation procedure in the Dashboard section, the Central Node component alerts you to a self-diagnostics error of the Sandbox component. After successful activation, the self-diagnostics error of the Sandbox component is no longer displayed. During activation, objects are not sent to the Sandbox component for scanning.

To activate Windows images and the Microsoft Office suite:

  1. Make sure that virtual machines with non-activated images of Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows 10 (64-bit) and the Microsoft Office suite are created and installed.
  2. Use SSH to place the kata_images.py file on the server with the Central Node component:

    scp ./kata_images.py admin@<IP address of the Sandbox server>:

  3. Log in to the management console of the server with the Sandbox component via the SSH protocol or through a terminal.
  4. When the system prompts you, enter the administrator user name and the password that was specified during installation of the application.

    The Sandbox component administrator menu is displayed.

  5. In the application administrator menu, select Technical Support Mode.
  6. Press ENTER.

    This opens the Technical Support Mode confirmation window.

  7. Select Yes and press ENTER.
  8. Activate the Windows images and the Microsoft Office suite by running the following sequence of commands:
    1. cd /var/opt/kaspersky/apt/files
    2. sudo -s
    3. ./kata_images.py activate --vm_id Win7_x64 --component Win7 --key <Windows 7 64 bit activation code>
    4. ./kata_images.py activate --vm_id Win7_x64 --component Office2010 --key <Microsoft Office 2010 activation code>
    5. ./kata_images.py activate --vm_id Win10_x64 --component Win10 --key <Windows 10 64 bit activation code>
    6. ./kata_images.py activate --vm_id Win10_x64 --component Office2016 --key <Microsoft Office 2016 activation code>

    The activation code has the following format: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.

  9. Create recovery points for virtual machines with added license keys:

    ./kata_images.py snapshot --vm_ids Win7_x64,Win10_x64

    The process may take some time.

  10. Make sure the Dashboard section of the application web interface does not display any warnings about the Sandbox component not working.

Windows images and the Microsoft Office suite are activated. Images of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office application suite must be activated on all servers with the Sandbox component.

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