With the exception of the Sheriff CSM Sensor (Deputy), you can register Sheriff CSM through the web UI. Sheriff CSM Sensor registration must occur through the Sheriff Console.

Prerequisites for Registration

• The appliance must have a connection to the Internet.<
• You must have the Sheriff CSM license key issued by Sheriff.

To register through the web UI

1. Open a web browser and type the Sheriff CSM IP address into the address bar.

   The Sheriff 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 Sheriff CSM 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.

Sheriff CSM Sensor registration must occur through the Sheriff Console. You can register other Sheriff CSM from the console as well.

Prerequisites for Registration

• The appliance must have a connection to the Internet.
• You must have the Sheriff CSM license key issued by Sheriff.

To register through the Sheriff Console

1. Log into the Sheriff Console.

   The Sheriff 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:

   Sheriff CSM activated successfully.

6. To continue, press Enter.

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

Sheriff Cyber Security, LLC. recommends that you register Sheriff CSM 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 Sheriff CSM offline.

Prerequisites for Offline Registration

To register the appliance offline you must have the following:

• A license key file called sheriff-license.deb specific to each Sheriff CSM instance, obtained from Sheriff Technical Support.

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

To find the system_id of your Sheriff CSM system

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

   The Sheriff Setup menu displays.

2. Select About this Installation and press Enter.

3. Copy the system_id from the screen and send it to Sheriff Technical Support.

Registering Sheriff CSM Offline

To register offline using a USB flash drive

1. Save the license file you received from Sheriff, sheriff-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 Sheriff CSM through SSH.

   The Sheriff Setup menu appears with "Register this CSM" 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 Sheriff CSM offline without using the USB flash drive.

To register offline without a USB flash drive

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

2. Transfer the license file to Sheriff CSM directly using SCP.

   For example, use the command below to copy sheriff-license.deb to the /root directory in Sheriff CSM

   scp sheriff-license.deb root@<Sheriff-CSM-IP-address>:/root/

   You will be prompted to enter the password for the root user of the Sheriff CSM instance.

3. Connect to Sheriff CSM through SSH.

4. On the Sheriff 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 sheriff-license.deb file exists

   dpkg -i sheriff-license.deb

   Your system will be registered after this process completes successfully.