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USB Drive Installations

You can install JSA software with a USB drive.

USB drive installations are full product installations. You cannot use a USB flash drive to upgrade or apply product patches. For information about applying update packages, see the latest update package Release Notes.

Supported Versions

The following appliances or operating systems can be used to create a bootable USB drive for :

  • A Linux system that is installed with:

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux V7.9 for JSA 7.5.0 GA to JSA 7.5.0 Update Package 7

    or

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux V8.8 for JSA 7.5.0 Update Package 8.

  • Apple Mac OS X

  • Microsoft Windows

Installation Overview

Follow this procedure to install JSA software from a USB drive:

  1. Create the bootable USB drive.

  2. Install the software for your JSA appliance.

  3. Install any product maintenance releases or update packages.

    See latest patch Release Notes for installation instructions for update packages.

Creating a Bootable USB Drive with a Windows System

Use the Fedora Media Writer app on a Windows system to create a bootable USB flash drive that you can use to install JSA software.

You must have access to an 8 GB or larger USB drive.

Note:

It is recommended to download the latest version of the Fedora Media Writer app.

  1. On your Windows system, download and install the Fedora Media Writer app from the Fedora Media Writer GitHub repository.

    Other media creation tools might work to create the bootable flash drive, but the JSA ISO is a modified Red Hat ISO, and Red Hat suggests Fedora Media Writer. For more information, see Making Installation USB Media.

  2. On your Windows system, download the JSA ISO image file from https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/ to a local drive.

  3. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on your Windows system.

    Note:

    Any files stored on the USB flash drive are overwritten when creating the bootable flash drive.

  4. Open Fedora Media Writer and in the main window, click Custom Image.

  5. Browse to where you downloaded the JSA ISO on your Windows system and select it.

  6. Select the USB flash drive from the Fedora Media Writer menu, and then click Write to disk.

  7. When the writing process is complete, click Close and remove the USB flash drive from your system. For more information about installing JSA software, see Installing JSA with a USB Drive.

Creating a Bootable USB Drive on an Apple Mac OS X System

You can use an Apple Mac OS X computer to create a bootable USB drive that you can use to install JSA software.

You must have access to the following items:

  • A 8 GB or larger USB drive

  • A JSA 7.3.1 or later ISO image file

When you create a bootable USB drive, the contents of the drive are deleted.

  1. Download the JSA ISO image file from the https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/.

  2. Insert the USB drive into a USB port on your system.

  3. Open a terminal and type the following command to unmount the USB drive:

  4. Type the following command to write the JSA ISO to your USB drive:

    Note:

    The r before the name of the connected USB flash is for raw mode, which makes the transfer much faster. There is no space between the r and the name of the connected USB drive.

  5. Remove the USB drive from your system.

Creating a Bootable USB Drive with Red Hat Linux

You can use a Linux desktop or notebook system with Red Hat V7 or higher to create a bootable USB drive that you can use to install JSA software.

You must have access to the following items:

  • An 8 GB or larger USB drive

  • A JSA 7.5.0 or later ISO image file

When you create a bootable USB drive, the contents of the drive are deleted.

  1. Download the JSA ISO image file from the https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/.

  2. Insert the USB drive in the USB port on your system.

    It might take up to 30 seconds for the system to recognize the USB drive.

  3. Open a terminal and type the following command to determine the name of the USB drive:

    The system outputs the messages produced by device drivers. The following example shows the name of the connected USB drive as sdb.

  4. Type the following commands to unmount the USB drive:

    Example:

  5. Type the following command to write the JSA ISO to your USB drive:

    Example:

  6. Remove the USB drive from your system. For more information about installing JSA software, see Installing JSA with a USB Drive.

Installing JSA with a USB Drive

Follow this procedure to install JSA from a bootable USB flash drive.

Create the bootable USB flash drive before you can use it to install JSA software.

This procedure provides general guidance on how to use a bootable USB flash drive to install JSA software.

The complete installation process is documented in the product Installation Guide.

  1. Install all necessary hardware.

  2. Choose one of the following options:

    • Connect a notebook to the serial port at the back of the appliance.

    • Connect a keyboard and monitor to their respective ports.

  3. Insert the bootable USB flash drive into the USB port of your appliance.

  4. Restart the appliance.

    • Type "install" for appliances.

    • Type "linux" for virtual machines.

    The installation process may take several minutes. After the reboot is complete, the same menu will appear again. You can remove the USB and reboot the appliance. This process can take up to an hour to complete.

  5. JSA Console only (For JSA 7.5.0 GA to JSA 7.5.0 Update Package 7): When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux menu is displayed, select one of the following options:

    • If you connected a keyboard and monitor, select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9

    • If you connected a notebook with a serial connection, select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 using Serial console without format prompt or Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 using Serial console with format prompt.
  6. JSA Console only (For JSA 7.5.0 Update Package 8): When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux menu is displayed, select one of the following options:

    • If you connected a keyboard and monitor, select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8

    • If you connected a notebook with a serial connection, select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 using Serial console without format prompt or Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 using Serial console with format prompt.

  7. FIPS mode only: (For JSA 7.5.0 GA to JSA 7.5.0 Update Package 7): When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux menu is displayed, press Tab to add qradar.fips=1 to the appropriate vmlinuz line, press Enter to select one of the following options.

    • If you connected a keyboard and monitor, modify and select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9.

    • If you connected a notebook with a serial connection, modify and select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 using Serial console without format prompt or Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 using Serial console with format prompt.

    The result might look similar to this example:

    vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=RHEL-7.9\x20Server.x86_64 live.check quiet qradar.fips=1

  8. FIPS mode only: (For JSA 7.5.0 Update Package 8): When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux menu is displayed, press Tab to add qradar.fips=1 to the appropriate vmlinuz line, press Enter to select one of the following options.

    • If you connected a keyboard and monitor, modify and select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8.

    • If you connected a notebook with a serial connection, modify and select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 using Serial console without format prompt or Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 using Serial console with format prompt.

    The result might look similar to this example:

    vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=RHEL-7.9\x20Server.x86_64 live.check quiet qradar.fips=1

  9. When the login prompt is displayed, type root to log in to the system as the root user.

    The user name is case-sensitive.

  10. Press Enter and follow the prompts to install JSA.

  11. Accept the End User License Agreement.

  12. Select the Appliance Install option on install menu for software installation.

  13. Select the appliance ID for the intended appliance functionality, and then select Next.

  14. If you selected an appliance for high-availability (HA), select whether the appliance is a console.

  15. For the type of setup, select Normal Setup (default) or HA Recovery Setup, and set up the time.

  16. If you selected HA Recovery Setup, enter the cluster virtual IP address.

  17. Select the Internet Protocol version:

    • Select ipv4 or ipv6.

  18. If you selected ipv6, select manual or auto for the Configuration type.

  19. Select the bonded interface setup, if required.

  20. Select the management interface.

  21. In the wizard, enter a fully qualified domain name in the Hostname field.

    Note:

    The hostname must not contain only numbers.

  22. In the IP address field, enter a static IP address, or use the assigned IP address.

    Note:

    If you are configuring this host as a primary host for a high availability (HA) cluster, and you selected Yes for auto-configure, you must record the automatically-generated IP address. The generated IP address is entered during HA configuration. For more information, see the Juniper Secure Analytics High Availability Guide.

  23. If you do not have an email server, enter localhost in the Email server name field.

  24. If you are installing a Console, enter an admin password that meets the following criteria:

    • Contains at least 8 characters

    • Contains at least one uppercase character

    • Contains at least one lowercase character

    • Contains at least one digit

    • Contains at least one special character: @, #, ^, or *.

  25. Enter root password that meets the following criteria:

    • Contains at least 5 characters

    • Contains no spaces

    • Can include the following special characters: @, #, ^, and *.

  26. Click Finish.

    The installation process might take several minutes. When the installation is complete, if you are installing a JSA Console, proceed to step 27. If you are installing a managed host, proceed to Adding Your Virtual Appliance to Your Deployment.

  27. Apply your license key.

    1. Log in to JSA.

      The default user name is admin. The password is the password of the admin user account that you set during installation.

    2. Click Login To JSA.

    3. Click the Admin tab.

    4. In the navigation pane, click System Configuration.

    5. Click the System and License Management icon.

    6. From the Display list box, select Licenses, and upload your license key.

    7. Select the unallocated license and click Allocate System to License.

    8. From the list of systems, select a system, and click Allocate System to License.

    9. Click Deploy License Changes.

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