Installing the Policy Enforcement Point (PEP)

The Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) integrates with SQL Server to enforce data protection and security policies at runtime, ensuring controlled access to sensitive data. This section outlines the installation procedure, and key considerations to ensure a successful installation.

To install the PEP:

1. Navigate to the directory containing the installation files.

2. To install the PEP for MSSQL server, double-click the PepSQLServerSetup_Windows_x64_<version>.exe file.

   The Select Destination Location dialog box appears.

3. To change the default installation directory:

   1. Click Browse.

   2. Select the required installation directory to install the PEP for MSSQL Server.

   3. Click OK.

   Note: The default directory is C:\Program Files\Protegrity\Database Protector.

4. Click Next.

   The Ready to Install dialog box appears.

5. Click Next.

   The Configure SQL Server Database Name dialog box appears.

   Note: The default database name is set to master.

6. Enter the database name in the box.

7. Click Install.

   The installer completes the installation successfully and the Completing the Protegrity Data Security Platform - SQL Server UDF Setup Wizard dialog box appears.

8. Click Finish.

   Note: After creating the UDFs, Protegrity recommends to restart the MSSQL service. For more information, refer to Restarting the SQL server.

Note: After installing Database Protector, configure Certificate-based login or continue with UDF installation without certificate-based authentication.