Step 1: Installation and start-up

Installing the AVIRA ICAP server

The AVIRA ICAP server is delivered by Net at Work as a virtual appliance based on Debian 8 (LTS to 05/20) Linux. It is a hardened operating system on which only the ICAP service runs.

NOTE: The SSH service is disabled by default and can only be enabled by our support team.

  1. Create a new, empty virtual machine in Hyper-V, VMWare ESXi or Citrix Xen

    NOTE: Assign at least one CPU core and 2GB RAM. Our recommendation for 2500 emails per hour or more is 4GB RAM and two CPU cores.

  2. Mount the ready-made HDD image of the AVIRA ICAP server into the empty virtual machine.

    NOTE: If you are using Hyper-V, please select Gen 1when you create it. All optional virtualization tools are already installed.

The HDD image already contains your license code. This applies both to the 30-day test license and to purchased licenses. To ensure compatibility, the HDD image is delivered on an IDE HDD.

All important operating system updates are installed automatically every night. Every 10 minutes the system checks for new virus signatures or updates to the ICAP service. These virus signatures are obtained automatically, if available.

NOTE: For the operating system updates, the virtual computer requires a connection to the Internet via port 80. To update the virus signatures a connection via port 443 on avira.nospamproxy.de is required.

NOTE: Avira uses TCP port 1344 and the service service_scannerfor the connection.

Starting up the AVIRA ICAP server

Setting up the ICAP server

  1. Turn on the virtual machine.
  2. Log in with the following data:
    User: nsp
    Password: nsp
  3. Set a new password for the user NSP by executing the following call:
    nsp@avira:~$ passwd

Setting up the network card

  1. Enter the following
    :root@avira:~# nano /etc/network/interfaces
  2. Now integrate the interface either statically or via DHCP.
    • static:
      car eth0
      iface eth0 inet static
      address 172.8.0.7
      netmask 255.255.0.0
      gateway 172.8.0.1
    • DHCP:
      car eth0
      iface eth0 inet dhcp
  3. Save the settings with CTRL + O.
  4. Enter a DNS server:
    root@avira:~# nano /etc/resolv.conf
  5. Restart the virtual computer:
    nsp@avira:~$ /sbin/reboot

The AVIRA ICAP server can now be addressed by NoSpamProxy as an ICAP client.

Next steps

Step 2: Integration into NoSpamProxy