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# How do I install and deploy the Nopsec Containerized Virtual Appliance

## This article details the steps for deploying the Nopsec Containerized Virtual Appliance

**Containerized Virtual Appliance Instructions  **

The following instructions are based on a Linux Ubuntu v22.04 or above system however you can install the virtual appliance on most of the latest linux distributions.

**NOTE:** Please contact customer support to retrieve the necessary access keys and schedule a session to finalize the installation process once you have followed the instructions below.

**System Requirements:**

- Multiple Linux Distro’s running the lates stable version 
- Minimum CPU 4 Cores
- Minimum RAM 16GB
- Internal network access to specific integration (i.e. scanner, FW management) 
- Outbound only Port 443 allowed to Nopsec external IP(s):  3.17.171.229 and 3.135.46.158
- Non-root user for running docker container; please see step 2 for user creation
- Proxy hosts and credentials if using proxy URL

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**Installation:**

Download the virtual appliance scripts from the link provided and follow the instructions below: [https://bitbucket.org/unified-vrm/nopsecvaclient/src/main/](https://bitbucket.org/unified-vrm/nopsecvaclient/src/main/)

1. Run commands as root user; run if necessary

    apt-get update

    apt-get upgrade

    reboot

1. As root user, create user \*clientuser\* and add to sudo group

    adduser clientuser

    usermod -aG sudo clientuser

    su - clientuser

    cd /home/clientuser

1. As non-root user, copy zipped file ( \*scripts.zip\* ) into home directory and uncompress. 

    Install unzip package if needed.   Chown the scripts directory; chmod to make files executable

    \`\`\`

    sudo apt install unzip

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