Installing SES Evolution

The Installation Center Installation center icon guides you through the different SES Evolution installation steps.

Read the following recommendations before installing SES Evolution:

  • Administrator privileges are required to install the solution. You can also install from a non administrator account and in this case, a privilege escalation is required.

  • The console, backend component and databases must be installed on hosts that belong to the same Active Directory domain, or on two domains that have a relationship of trust.

  • The backend component and agent handlers can be installed on machines that belong to different Active Directory domains. For further information, refer to Installing SES Evolution servers on different Active Directory domains.

  • The backend component and agent handlers must not be installed on a domain controller.

  • You are advised to install the backend component and databases in a trusted zone.

  • Active Directory, DNS and network configurations must be prepared in advance, before installing SES Evolution.

  • The SQL Server is needed to install databases.

  • Before installing a full server or the backend component, it is recommended to disable Windows update and to enable it again afterwards.

  • On a backend component or an agent handler, the "%ProgramData%\Stormshield\SES Evolution” folder should be excluded from the antivirus scan on the workstation in order to optimize performance. SES Evolution indeed uses many compressed cab files, which trigger the antivirus analysis.

  • An SES Evolution agent can be installed on a backend component or an agent handler; an appropriate security policy is provided by default to protect them.

  • If you have more than 50,000 agents, we recommend that you set up Windows NLB (Windows Load balancing mechanism) on machines that host backend servers to form a cluster that will guarantee redundancy and load balancing. For more information, see Ensuring service continuity.

  • We recommend that you set up redundancy for all backoffice components. For more information, see Ensuring service continuity.

If you encounter issues while installing SES Evolution, look up the log files located in the administrator’s AppData/Local/Temp folder.