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Updated on 2024-03-28 GMT+08:00

Enabling the Basic, Professional, Enterprise, or Premium Edition

Before enabling protection on servers, you need to allocate quota to a specified server. If the protection is disabled or the server is deleted, the quota can be allocated to other servers.

For the WTP edition, choose Prevention > Web Tamper Protection > Server Protection and then enable it. For details, see Enabling Web Tamper Protection.

To enable the WTP edition, choose Prevention > Web Tamper Protection > Server Protection and click the Servers tab. All the functions of the premium edition are included with the WTP edition.

Check Mode

HSS performs a full scan in the early morning every day.

After you enable server protection, you can view scan results after the automatic scan in the next early morning, or perform a manual scan.

Prerequisites

  • The agent status of the server to be protected is Online. To check the status, choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota on the HSS.
  • You have purchased required edition quotas in your region.
  • To better protect your containers, you are advised to set security configurations.

Restrictions

  • Linux OS

    On servers running the EulerOS with ARM, HSS does not block the IP addresses suspected of SSH brute-force attacks, but only generates alarms.

  • Windows OS
    • Authorize the Windows firewall when you enable protection for a Windows server. Do not disable the Windows firewall during the HSS in-service period. If the Windows firewall is disabled, HSS cannot block brute-force attack IP addresses.
    • If the Windows firewall is manually enabled, HSS may also fail to block brute-force attack IP addresses.

Enabling Protection

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the page, select a region, and choose Security & Compliance > HSS to go to the HSS management console.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota. Click the Servers tab.

    The server list displays the protection status of only the following servers:

    • Huawei Cloud servers purchased in the selected region
    • Non-Huawei Cloud servers that have been added to the selected region

  4. Select the target server and click Enable.

    You can buy HSS in the pay-per-use or yearly/monthly mode.

    • Only the enterprise edition supports the pay-per-use mode.
    • If the quota is insufficient when you select the yearly/monthly mode, you need to purchase HSS quotas.
    • If the version of the agent installed on the Linux server is 3.2.10 or later or the version of the agent installed on the Windows server is 4.0.22 or later, ransomware prevention is automatically enabled with the premium edition. Deploy bait files on servers and automatically isolate suspicious encryption processes (there is a low probability that processes are incorrectly isolated). You are also advised to enable backup so that you can restore data in the case of a ransomware attack to minimize losses. For details, see Enabling Ransomware Backup.
    • Yearly/Monthly

      In the displayed dialog box, select an edition, select the Yearly/Monthly mode, allocate the HSS quota, and select I have read and agree to the Host Security Service Disclaimer.

      The quotas can be allocated in the following ways:
      • Select Random quota to let the system allocate the quota with the longest remaining validity to the server.
      • Select a quota ID and allocate it to a server.
    • Pay-per-use

      In the displayed dialog box, select the Pay-per-use mode, select the edition, and select I have read and agree to the Host Security Service Disclaimer.

  5. Click OK. View the server protection status in the server list.

    If the Protection Status of the target server is Enabled, the basic, professional, enterprise or premium edition has been enabled.

    • Alternatively, on the Quotas tab of the Servers & Quota page, click Bind Server in the Operation column to bind a quota to a server. HSS will automatically enable protection for the server.
    • A quota can be bound to a server to protect it, on condition that the agent on the server is online.

    After HSS is enabled, it will scan your servers for security issues. Check items vary according to the edition you enabled.

    For details about the differences between editions, see Editions.

    Figure 1 Automatic security check items

Viewing Detection Details

After server protection is enabled, HSS will immediately perform comprehensive detection on the server. The detection may take a long time.

On the left of the protection list, click Risky Servers.
Figure 2 Viewing risky items

Click a server name to go to the details page. On this page, you can quickly check the detected information and risks of the server.

Figure 3 Viewing the detection result

Follow-up Procedure

You can manually configure check items. Configurable items vary according to the edition you enabled.

For details about the differences between editions, see Editions.

Figure 4 Manual check items
Table 1 Manual check items

Function

Check Item

Reference

Installation and configuration

  • Common login location/IP address
  • SSH login IP address whitelist
  • Isolate and kill malicious programs

Common Security Configuration

Intrusion detection

  • Alarm whitelist
  • Login Whitelist configuration

Intrusion Detection

Proactive defense

  • Application protection
  • Ransomware prevention
  • File integrity monitoring (FIM)

Prevention

Security operations

  • Policy management

Security Operations

Security report

  • Subscribe to security reports

Subscribing to a Security Report

Related Operations

Disabling HSS

On the Servers tab of the Servers & Quotas page, click Disable in the Operation column of a server.

If HSS is disabled, HSS quota status will change from occupied to idle. You can allocate the idle quotas to other servers or unsubscribe the unnecessary quotas to prevent quota waste.

  • Before disabling protection, perform a comprehensive detection on the server, handle known risks, and record operation information to prevent attacks.
  • After protection is disabled, clear important data on the server, stop important applications on the server, and disconnect the server from the external network to avoid unnecessary loss caused by attacks.

Unbinding quota

Choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota, and click the Quotas tab. Click Unbind in the Operation column. The usage status of the unbound quota will change from In use to Idle. HSS will automatically disable protection for the server unbound from the quota.

You can allocate the idle quotas to other servers or unsubscribe the unnecessary quotas to prevent quota waste.