Moving from software to an appliance

Topic 50197 / Updated: 02-May-2011

Applies To:

Websense Web Filter, Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Web Security Gateway Anywhere Version 7.6

TRITON - Web Security can be run on the appliance for testing purposes or in very small deployments. In most cases, it is not recommended to use the on-appliance TRITON console in production environments.

The procedure described in this article might be used, for example, to copy production settings to a test environment.

The TRITON console cannot be run on the appliance if your deployment includes the Data Security or Email Security modules.

Back up your existing configuration

Make sure that you have a recent backup of your TRITON Unified Security Center installation. Even if your existing (off-appliance) TRITON console includes multiple modules, the on-appliance TRITON console will include only the Web Security module.

To run the backup process manually:

1.	Make sure that no one is logged on to the TRITON console.

2.	On the TRITON Management Server machine, go to Start > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler.

3.	Select Task Scheduler Library in the left navigation pane, then find the "Triton Backup" task in the content pane.

4.	If the Triton Backup task is disabled, right-click the task and select Enable.

5.	Right-click the Triton Backup task and select Run.

By default, backup files are saved in the C:\EIPBackup directory in a folder whose name is the date and timestamp indicating when the file was created.

6.	Navigate to the folder containing the backup files that you want to move to the appliance.

7.	Move that folder to a convenient location, and give it the name EIP_bak.

8.	Use an archiving and compression tool like 7-Zip to package the folder as a tar file, then compress it in gz format. Call the finished package EIP_bak.tgz.

9.	Disable or uninstall the TRITON services on the Management Server machine.

Enabling TRITON - Web Security on the appliance

1.	Log on to Appliance Manager from the machine where the TRITON backup file is stored.

2.	Navigate to the Configuration > Web Security Components page.

3.	Under TRITON - Web Security, click the Enabled radio button, then click Import Configuration.

4.	Click Browse to navigate to the backup file, then click Save.

When the success message is displayed, TRITON - Web Security is available on the appliance.