Start the Console
Start and Connect
- Click the EgoSecureConsole.exe file or its shortcut on the desktop.
- The Connect to EgoSecure Server dialog appears.
- In the Server field, enter the name or the IP of the server where you installed the EgoSecure Server. The default value is localhost.
- In the Port field, enter the port for the server connection, which you specified during the installation. The default value is 6005.
- Leave the Login and Password fields as is if a supervisor password has not been specified during the Server installation.
- The fields are available for editing, because in this step the program doesn’t check, whether the specified server contains administrators, super administrators or supervisors in its database.
The entered Login field data is remembered and will be offered for selection if the Save entered user logins check box is enabled in the Console under Administration | Superadmin | Console policies.
- Click OK to continue.
The Define supervisor password dialog appears if a supervisor password has not been specified during the Server installation (see chapter 1.2 for further steps).
Creating a supervisor
Once you have connected to the Server, the dialog for defining a supervisor password appears if the supervisor without a password has been created during the EgoSecure Server installation. Supervisor has all permissions to Console, which can not be restricted. Supervisor password can be defined or edited later in Administration | Administrators & scopes.
Password-protected supervisor
- Define a password and confirm it.
- Click OK.
- The supervisor protected with a password is created. This password is used each time when logging in to the EgoSecure Data Protection Console. Note down this password, because it is not saved to the EgoSecure database and cannot be restored if you forget it.
If supervisor password is lost, the password can NOT be restored. Store the password in a safe location. If the supervisor password is lost, access to the Console can be restored only after changing the supervisor password via the /sp AdminTool command (for details, see the guide EgoSecure AdminTool - Commands).
Supervisor without password protection
- Leave the Password and Confirmation fields blank.
- Click OK. Supervisor password can be defined later in Administration | Administrators & scopes.
- The supervisor without a password protection is created.
With no supervisor password the console authentication is available for every person. It makes the company data vulnerable and allows to take control over Agents.
License Activation
Once you have created the supervisor, the dialog for activation product licenses appears. You can change the license information after the first activation in Administration | Licenses | License management.
- If you bought licenses, upload a license file or enter an activation code.
- If you want to test the EgoSecure trial version for 30 days, leave the Activation code field with the predefined activation code.
- Click OK.
- You have activated the product licenses. The EgoSecure Data Protection Console opens. Depending on the scope of the license, different products and functions are available to you.
For details about licensing, see the article Activating product licenses.
Console Overview
The console is divided into three main areas:
- Navigation pane
- Work area
- Directory service structure
- On the navigation pane (1), select the main areas of the Console. The menu may be extended depending on the product licensing. Unlicensed products are greyed out.
- When starting the Console, the User management menu item is active.
- The other menu items are the following:
| User management | Configuration pane for access rights for users, groups, OUs and rights for devices, files and applications. |
|---|---|
| Computer management | Configuration pane for access rights for computers, groups, OUs and rights for devices, files and applications. |
| Permitted devices | Configuration pane for individual permitted devices for certain Agents. |
| Product settings | Contains general settings for licensed products. |
| Administration | Configuration pane for managing servers, clients and administrators. |
| Installation | Configuration pane for configuring the installation of the EgoSecure Agents and other licensed products such as Antivirus, Data Loss Prevention and Full Disk Encryption. |
| Reports | Contains tabular and graphical reports of the licensed products. |
- In the Directory service structure area (2), select directories, areas and objects, which you want to configure. The Directory service structure area in the navigation pane shows the available directory and its objects (OUs, users, groups). If you use Active Directory or another directory service, you can synchronize it with the Console. For details, see AD-/NDS-/LDAP-Synchronization.
- In the work area (3), define settings for the objects of the navigation area.