Policy Server Connection Screen

Deployment and Installation Center | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

Web Filter, Web Security, Web Security Gateway, and Web Security Gateway Anywhere, v7.8.x

This screen appears if any of the following is selected for installation, but Policy Server is neither selected nor already installed on the machine:

Windows only

Windows or Linux

TRITON - Web Security

Log Server

DC Agent

Real-Time Monitor

Remote Filtering Client Pack

Remote Filtering Server

Sync Service

Directory Agent

Enter the IP address of the Policy Server machine and the Policy Server communication port (default is 55806).

The Policy Server communication port must be in the range 1024-65535.

During installation, Policy Server may have been automatically configured to use a port other than the default. (This does not apply to appliance-based Policy Server instances.) To verify the port:

Navigate to the Websense bin directory on the Policy Server machine (C:\Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\bin or /opt/Websense/bin/, by default).

Open the websense.ini file in a text editor.

Locate the PolicyServerPort value.

When you are finished, close the file without saving. Do not modify the file.

If your deployment includes Websense V-Series Appliances:

Policy Server is installed on the full policy source appliance and any user directory and filtering appliances.

If Policy Server is running on any appliance, enter the IP address of the appliance's C interface.

Note that when Policy Server resides on an appliance, you must enable the on-appliance Multiplexer or Directory Agent, rather than connecting an off-appliance (software-based) instance of the service to the on-appliance Policy Server.

If Policy Server is not currently installed anywhere in your network, you must install it before any of the components listed above.

To install Policy Server on this machine, click Previous, then add Policy Server to the components selected for installation.

To install Policy Server on another machine, run the TRITON Unified Installer or Web Security Linux Installer on that machine first, before continuing to attempt installation on the current machine.