Installing Forcepoint DLP components

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Forcepoint DLP, v8.5.x, v8.6.x, v8.7.x, v8.8.x, v8.9.x

You use the same Forcepoint Security Installer to install most Forcepoint DLP components as you do to install the Forcepoint Security Manager and Forcepoint Infrastructure. The Forcepoint Security Manager cannot be installed separately from the Forcepoint Infrastructure.

If you plan to install a Forcepoint DLP component, the Forcepoint components must already be installed in your network along with the Forcepoint management server software. See Creating a Forcepoint management server.


	Important If you plan to install Forcepoint Email Security, you must install Forcepoint DLP in order to access and configure email DLP functions in the Data Security module.

To install an additional Forcepoint DLP component:

Launch the Forcepoint Security Installer on the appropriate machine.

Choose the Custom installation type.

Click the Install link for Forcepoint DLP.

Select the agent to install when prompted to select a component.

Not all Forcepoint DLP components may show in the Select Components screen. The components that are offered depends on the operating system of the machine and applications detected by the installer.

The Crawler Agent: scans networks transparently to locate confidential documents and data on endpoints, laptops and servers. It also performs fingerprinting, and scans databases as well as documents.

For instructions on installing each agent, refer to Installing Forcepoint DLP Servers and Agents. Each agent has prerequisites and best practices that must be followed.

This chapter also describes how to install Linux-based components such as the protector and mobile agent.