Getting started
From download to enforcing, in one
sitting.
- Install on Linux (package, self-extracting, or container)
- Activate: by activation code, or by licence file offline
- Capture normal traffic and induce the baseline
- Connect nginx or HAProxy
- Run in monitor-only, then switch on enforcement
Licensing and activation
Both paths, including fully
air-gapped.
- Online activation with a code
- Offline activation with a licence file, no network at any point
- Checking licence status and expiry
- What happens at expiry: 3 days of grace, then lock
- Moving a licence to a rebuilt host
Operating Shield
Day to day, and the day something
happens.
- Reading the dashboard and the sources view
- Understanding why a source was blocked
- Investigating a false-block complaint
- Setting your false-block budget, and reading the derived block level
- Allow lists, deny lists and exceptions
- Re-capturing the baseline when your traffic legitimately changes
Alerts and integration
Getting told, and telling your other
tools.
- Email, webhook and chat delivery
- The alert payload, field by field
- Alert grouping, so one attack is not a thousand messages
- What the audit log records and how to export it
Deployment and architecture
Where it sits and what it touches.
- Inline via your existing reverse proxy
- Fail-open behaviour and what it means for availability
- Resource footprint and what to expect under load
- Air-gapped and sovereign deployments
- Updating, rolling back, and uninstalling
Security and data handling
Stated plainly, including the limits.
- What data stays on your box (all of it)
- What an alert contains, and what it never contains
- Licensing: what it does and does not guarantee
- Reporting a security issue to us