Installation and Registration Options

CTE provides the following installation and registration options. The options you choose determine the information you need to supply during the actual install procedure.

Installation Method Options

There are two methods for installing CTE on Linux platforms:

• Typical: Most common and recommended type of installation. Use this method for installing the CTE Agent on one host at a time. See Interactive Installation on Linux.

• Silent: Create pre-packaged installations by providing information and answers to a set of installation questions. Use silent installations when installing on a large number of hosts. See Silent Installation on Linux.

Hardware Association (Cloning Prevention) Option

CTE’s hardware association feature associates the installation of CTE with the machine’s hardware. When enabled, hardware association prohibits cloned or copied versions of CTE from contacting the key manager and acquiring cryptographic keys. Hardware association works on both virtual machines and hardware clients.

You can enable hardware association during CTE registration process. You can disable hardware association by re-running the registration program.

To verify if hardware association (cloning prevention) is enabled on a Linux host, on the command line enter the following:

cat /opt/vormetric/DataSecurityExpert/agent/vmd/etc/access

If you see usehw:true, then hardware association is enabled. If you see usehw:false, it’s disabled.