Chapter 5: Installing The Software; Installing The Security World Software; Installing Security World Software In A Windows Environment; Installing Security World Software In A Linux Environment - Entrust nShield Edge Installation Manual

Chapter 5: Installing the software

This chapter describes how to install the Security World Software on the computer to which your
nShield Edge will be connected.
After you have installed the software and connected an nShield Edge to your computer, you must
complete further Security World creation, configuration and setup tasks before you can use your
nShield environment to protect and manage your keys. See the User Guide for more about creating a
Security World and the appropriate card sets, and further configuration or setup tasks.

Installing the Security World Software

Installing Security World Software in a Windows environment

Do the following:
1. Log in as Administrator or as a user with local administrator rights.
2. Place the Security World Software installation media in the optical disc drive. Launch
manually if the installer does not run automatically.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions. Accept the license terms.
4. Select all the components required for installation, including the Edge Monitor Controller, and
then click Next. See
(Windows and Unix) on page 31
software supplied on your installation media.
The selected components are installed in the default directory. The installer creates links to the
following nShield Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) setup wizards under Start > All
Programs > nCipher:
nCipher CSP install wizard, which sets up CSPs for 32-bit applications
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nCipher 64bit CSP install wizard, which sets up CSPs for 64-bit applications
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6. The installer advises you that the SNMP agent does not run by default. Click Next to continue.
7. The installer advises you if you have an existing PKCS #11 installation. Click Next to continue.
8. The Security Assurance Mechanism (SAM) for the PKCS #11 library is selected by default. Select
No if you want to disable the SAM. Click Next to continue. See the User Guide for more about
the SAM and the available configuration options.
9. Click Finish to complete the installation.
10. Update your system environment

Installing Security World Software in a Linux environment

1. For SOFTWARE to install, select List, and then select all required file sets See
Components on Security World Software installation media (Windows and Unix) on page 31
more about the component bundles and the additional software supplied on your installation
media.
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Appendix B: Components on Security World Software installation media
for more about the component bundles and the additional
by inserting the sub-path
PATH
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setup.exe
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%NFAST_HOME%\bin
Appendix B:
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