Register USM Appliance

With the exception of the USM Appliance Sensor, you can register USM Appliance through the web UI. USM Appliance Sensor registration must occur through the LevelBlue Console.

Prerequisites for Registration

• The appliance must have a connection to the Internet.
• You must have the USM Appliance license key issued by LevelBlue.

To register through the web UI

1. Open a web browser and type the USM Appliance IP address into the address bar.

   The LevelBlue Free Trial Activation screen appears.

2. Click click here to enter your product license key.

3. On the welcome screen, type the license key in the Product License Key field and click Send.

   An information box displays telling you that LevelBlue USM Appliance activated successfully.

4. Click Finish.

   The Welcome screen appears and contains a form that you must fill out to create the default admin account for the web UI. See Create the Default Admin User for details.

USM Appliance Sensor registration must occur through the LevelBlue Console. You can register other USM Appliance from the console as well.

Prerequisites for Registration

• The appliance must have a connection to the Internet.
• You must have the USM Appliance license key issued by LevelBlue.

To register through the LevelBlue Console

1. Log into the LevelBlue Console.

   The LevelBlue Setup menu appears.

   “Register this Appliance” is now the default selection.

2. Press Enter to register.
3. On the Online Registration screen, tab to Online registration and press Enter.

4. Type the license key, then press Enter.

   The registration process can take several seconds. A status message displays a registration progress bar.

5. When registration has completed, message box displays:

   LevelBlue USM Appliance activated successfully.

6. To continue, press Enter.

   The LevelBlue Setup menu appears again, but this time without the Register this Appliance menu option.

LevelBlue recommends that you register USM Appliance using one of the online methods because it is easier and faster. However, if you do not have access to the Internet or you are in a confined environment, you can also register USM Appliance offline.

Prerequisites for Offline Registration

To register the appliance offline you must have the following:

• A license key file called alienvault-license.deb specific to each USM Appliance instance, obtained from LevelBlue Technical Support.

Before LevelBlue Support can generate and send you the license key file, you must first send them the system_id of each USM Appliance system that you want to register.

To find the system_id of your USM Appliance system

1. Connect to the LevelBlue Console through SSH and use your credentials to log in.

   The LevelBlue Setup menu displays.

2. Select About this Installation and press Enter.
3. Copy the system_id from the screen and send it to LevelBlue Technical Support.

Registering USM Appliance Offline

To register offline using a USB flash drive

1. Save the license file you received from LevelBlue, alienvault-license.deb, to a computer desktop or other location where you can easily retrieve it.
2. Insert a FAT32-formatted USB flash drive into the same computer, and then copy the license file to the root directory of the formatted USB flash drive.

3. Connect to USM Appliance through SSH.

   The LevelBlue Setup menu appears with "Register this Appliance" as the default selection.

4. Press Enter to register.
5. Select Offline registration.

6. Connect the flash drive to the USB port of the machine and press Enter (<OK>).

   Your system will be registered after this process completes successfully.

Alternatively, you can choose to register USM Appliance offline without using the USB flash drive.

To register offline without a USB flash drive

1. Save the license file you received from LevelBlue, alienvault-license.deb, to a computer desktop or other location where you can easily retrieve it.

2. Transfer the license file to USM Appliance directly using SCP.

   For example, use the command below to copy alienvault-license.deb to the /root directory in USM Appliance

   scp alienvault-license.deb root@<USM-Appliance-IP-address>:/root/

   You will be prompted to enter the password for the root user of the USM Appliance instance.

3. Connect to USM Appliance through SSH.

4. On the LevelBlue Setup main menu, select Jailbreak System to gain command line access.

   Select Yes when prompted. You will be in the root directory.

5. Run the following command from the root directory, where the alienvault-license.deb file exists

   dpkg -i alienvault-license.deb

   Your system will be registered after this process completes successfully.