Protecting Linux Instances

Enabling protection ensures that all instances are protected while all the threats are tracked.

To enable instance protection, follow these steps:

1. From Operating Linux Instances, navigate to Linux Instance and access the Protection tab.

2. Click the Enable Protection button. The following screen appears where the standard protection service is selected and charged at USD 0.01 per month for each GB of backup storage used.

3. To enable advanced protection features (charged at USD 0.50 per month for each protected instance) such as antivirus, anti-malware and backup/restore service for the SQL databases, turn on the toggle button.

4. To enable the protection, click Confirm. The following screen appears:

5. Run the respective script (mentioned under Point No. 1 in above screen) in command-line to install dependencies.

6. Run the respective script (mentioned under Point No. 1 in above screen) in command-line to install Protection Agent.