Install ESET Management Agent for Linux on Debian (offline installation)

Offline install ESET Management Agent for Linux on Debian 10. Export ESET agent certificate and ESET server's Certificate Authority file. Download the agent install script using wget and install the Management Agent.

ESET Protect Management Agent offline installation

To install the ESET management agent offline, you will need the ESET agent peer certificate and the ESET server's Certificate Authority (CA) file both of these can be exported from the Administrator console.

Export ESET agent certificate

Export ESET agent certificate from the Administrator console

Certificates - Peer Certificates - select Agent certificate
Actions - Export

Rename the file "Certificate Export CN=Agent at _ C=US.pfx" to agent.pfx

Export ESET server's Certificate Authority (CA) file

Export ESET server's Certificate Authority file from the Administrator console

Certificates - Certification Authorities - Select ESET Protect CACertification Authoritiy
Actions - Export Public Key

Rename the file "Certification Authority CN=Server Certification Authority C=US public key.der" to CA.der

ESET Linux Management Agent offline installation

The following options are required for offline installation:
--cert-path
--cert-auth-path

The certificates do not require a password

# Connect to the Linux server using SSH
cd /opt

# Download the agent install script
wget https://download.eset.com/com/eset/apps/business/era/agent/latest/agent-linux-x86_64.sh

# Make the script executable
chmod +x agent-linux-x86_64.sh

# Install ESET protect management agent
./agent-linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --cert-path=/opt/agent.pfx --cert-auth-path=/opt/CA.der --hostname=eset.yourdomain.com --port=2222 

Check ESET Management Agent status

service eraagent status

Reference:

ESET Protect - Agent installation - Linux
https://help.eset.com/protect_install/90/en-US/component_installation_agent_linux.html

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