Run Policy Manager Console - F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 9.0 Administrator's Manual

24 | F-Secure Policy Manager | Installing the product

Run Policy Manager Console

The last stage in setting up the product is to run Policy Manager Console for the first time.
To run Policy Manager Console for the first time:
1. Run Policy Manager Console by selecting
F-Secure Policy Manager
When Policy Manager Console is run for the first time, the
needed to create an initial connection to the server. The first page of the Policy Manager Console setup
wizard summarizes the installation process.
2. Click Next
3. Select your user mode according to your needs:
• Administrator mode
• Read-only mode
Read-only
will need the admin.pub and admin.prv administration keys.
4. Click Next
5. Enter the address of the Policy Manager Server that is used for communicating with the managed hosts,
then click
6. Enter the path where the administrator's public key and private key files will be stored.
By default, key files are stored in the Policy Manager Console installation directory: Program
Files\F-Secure\Administrator.
7. Click Next
Note: If the key-pair does not already exist, it will be created later in the setup process.
8. Move your mouse cursor around in the window to initialize the random seed used by the management
key-pair generator.
Using the path of the mouse movement ensures that the seed number for the key-pair generation algorithm
has enough random variation.
When the progress indicator has reached 100%, the
9. Enter a passphrase, which will secure your private management key.
10. Re-enter your passphrase in the
11. Click Finish
Policy Manager Console will generate the management key-pair. After the key-pair is generated, Policy
Manager Console will start.
The setup wizard creates the user group FSPM users. The user who was logged in and ran the installer
is automatically added to this group. To allow another user to run Policy Manager you must manually add
this user to the FSPM users user group.
Policy Manager Console starts in
Security, Anti-virus for Workstations and Anti-virus for Windows Servers. If you are going to use Policy Manager
Console for managing any other F-Secure product, you should use the
can access it by selecting
When setting up workstations, you must provide them with a copy of the admin.pub key file (or access to
it). If you install the F-Secure products on the workstations remotely with Policy Manager, a copy of the
admin.pub key file is installed automatically on them. However, if you run the setup from a CD, you must
transfer a copy of the admin.pub key file manually to the workstations. The best and most secure method
is to copy the admin.pub file to a diskette and use this diskette for workstation installations. Alternatively,
Console.
to continue.
- enables all administrator features.
- allows you to view administrator data, but no changes can be made. If you select
mode, you will not be able to administer hosts. To change to
to continue.
Next to continue.
to continue.
Confirm passphrase
to complete the setup process.
Anti-virus
View Advanced mode
Start Programs F-Secure Policy Manager Console
Console Setup Wizard
Passphrase dialog box will open automatically.
field and click Next.
mode, which is an optimized user interface for managing Client
from the menu.
collects the information
Administrator mode, you
Advanced mode user interface. You