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Install Security Package

Use the Install Security package to install the latest IPS signature, application signature, or URL category on devices, or device cluster, or multinode high availability (MNHA) pair either manually or automatically from Juniper Security Director.

Note:

You must install application signature for an MNHA pair and not individual devices in the MNHA pair.

Automatic Install of Security Package

Note:

You can enable the automatic update of security package for the devices with management status as Up or configuration status as In Sync.

To enable automatic installation of the latest security package on the device:

  1. Select SRX > Device Management > Security Packages.

    The Security Packages page appears.

  2. Click the Install Packages drop-down menu and select Auto-install packages on devices.

    The Auto-install packages on devices appears.

  3. Complete the configuration settings according to the guidelines provided in Table 1.

    Table 1: Fields for the Auto-Installation of Security Packages

    Field

    Description

    Auto-update

    Enable automatic update of the latest security package on the devices. By default, auto-update is disabled.

    URL

    The security package is installed and updated on the devices from the Juniper Networks security website.

    Start date & time

    Start date and time for the first automatic update of the security package.

    Interval for application signatures

    Interval in hours for automatic update after the first installation. For example, if you set the interval to 48 hours, the automatic update for the security package happens after every two days from the first installation date. By default, the interval is 24 hours.

    Interval for IPS signatures

    Interval in hours for automatic update after the first installation. For example, if you set the interval to 48 hours, the automatic update for the security package happens after every two days from the first installation date. By default, the interval is 24 hours.

    Devices

    Select the devices from the available column and click > to add the devices to list of selected devices for enabling automatic update of the security package.

  4. Click OK

    A job is created. Click the job ID to go to the Jobs page and view the status of the operation.

Manual Installation of Security Packages

To manually install the latest security package on the device:

  1. Select SRX>Device Management>Security Packages.

    The Security Packages page appears.

  2. Click the Install Packages drop-down menu and select Install packages on devices.

    The Install packages on devices appears.

  3. Click Probe Devices to get the latest license details and security package version installed on the device. To refresh the display information, click the refresh icon.

  4. From Latest Security Packages, select one or more packages listed under and click Install Security Package.

    The Install security packages page appears.

  5. Select the devices to install the packages.

    Note:

    IPS Signatures and URL Category packages require license for installation. Only devices with valid license are listed in the table.

  6. From the Schedule Installation options, select Run Now to install the security package immediately. Select Schedule at a later time and specify the date and time at which the security package should be installed.

  7. Click OK. A job is created. Click the job ID to go to the Jobs page and view the status of the install operation.

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