NovaGuard

P2P deployment allows you to download the NovaGuard agent in parts from multiple seed nodes that have the NovaGuard agent installed. Compared to the previous single-channel NovaGuard agent download from the NovaGuard manager, this deployment method accelerates installation and upgrade and reduces the bandwidth usage of the NovaGuard manager. P2P deployment is disabled by default. However, it is recommended to enable P2P deployment and use it in combination with the installation methods described in the subsequent sections.

Go to System - System - Deployment and Upgrade, and select Enable P2P for installation and upgrade, as shown in the following figure.

Non-distribution Endpoints : Seed nodes will enable the HTTP service to provide multipart downloads. Select the endpoints you do not want to use as seed nodes for this field.

Download resources from ForeNova server first : By default, endpoints download resources from the NovaGuard manager when there are no distribution endpoints. Once enabled, endpoints download resources from the ForeNova server (CDN cache) first when they have Internet access and download resources from the NovaGuard manager when there is no Internet access.

Excluded IP Addresses : Exclude endpoints directly communicating with the NovaGuard manager to avoid business interruption caused by excessive Internet bandwidth usage during NovaGuard agent deployment or upgrade.

Note:

1. P2P deployment is not supported in scenarios where the NovaGuard manager is exposed

to the Internet through port mapping.

2. P2P deployment is supported on Windows and Linux endpoints but not on Mac

endpoints.

3. P2P deployment is supported for NovaGuard agent installation, NovaGuard agent

upgrade, and antivirus database update.