4.1.1. Scalable deployment related registry configuration

Restart required

After modifying the server configuration entries in the Windows Registry, you must restart the Metadefender Email Gateway Security service in order for the changes to take effect.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metadefender Email Security\database

Parameter

Default value

Type

Required

Description

instance

computer name

string

required

This parameter is the name of the Email Gateway Security instance.

mode

N/A

string

required

This parameter signs whether an instance is a primary or a secondary instance.

Supported values

The following values are supported

  • primary: Primary instance

  • secondary: Secondary instance

process_instances

instance

multi-string

required

List of instance names that this instance should process emails for.

Supported values

Instance list: the listed instance names,

Empty or *: all instances.

Example

When there are two instances in a deployment instance1 and instance2, then if this value is set to

  • instance1: only emails for instance1 are processed on this instance,

  • instance1, instance2: emails both for instance1 and instance2 are processed.

unsecure

N/A

string

required

Only present and set to 1 when no TLS is configured for the communication security.

compression

N/A

string

required

Do not change this value manually!

This is an Email Gateway Security internal key, do not change it!

server

N/A

string

required

In case of a secondary node this parameter must be set to the instance name of the primary instance.

Secondary instance only

This parameter applies to secondary instances only.

port

8060

string

required

In case of a secondary node this parameter must be set to the database port of the primary instance.

Secondary instance only

This parameter applies to secondary instances only.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metadefender Email Database

Primary instance only

Parameters in this section apply to primary instances only.

Parameter

Default value

Type

Required

Description

InstallationFolder

C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\MetaDefender Email Security\

string

required

Points to the Email Gateway Security installation folder.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metadefender Email Database\global

Primary instance only

Parameters in this section apply to primary instances only.

Parameter

Default value

Type

Required

Description

address

*

string

required

One or all of the IP addresses of the computer that runs the product to serve the database service interface (* means all interfaces)

Supported values

Missing or * : all IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces

One specific IPv4 or IPv6 address : the specific IPv4 or IPv6 address

port

8060

string

required

Designated port number for the database service interface.

unsecure

N/A

dword

optional

Only present and set to 1 when no TLS is configured for the communication security.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\Metadefender Email Database\internal

Primary instance only

Parameters in this section apply to primary instances only.

Parameter

Default value

Type

Required

Description

compression

N/A

string

required

Do not change this value manually!

This is an Email Gateway Security internal key, do not change it!