Configuring CTE for Linux with CipherTrust Manager

This section describes how to install and configure CTE on Linux systems that you plan to register with a CipherTrust Manager.

Installation Overview

The installation and configuration process when you are using CTE with a CipherTrust Manager consists of the following steps:

1. Gather the information needed for the install and set up your network as described in Installation Prerequisites.

2. Install CTE on the protected host as described in Interactive Installation on Linux or Silent Installation on Linux.

3. You can use External Certificates for communication between CTE and CM. Install the external certificate before registering CipherTrust Transparent Encryption with CipherTrust Manager.

4. Register the protected host with CipherTrust Manager and make sure that they can communicate with each other. Registration can be done as part of the initial installation or at any point after the CTE Agent has been installed.

5. Guard Devices with CipherTrust Manager.