thanks to those who have been poking at the early alpha build so far, and welcome to those who are just joining us for the partner beta!
If you're new to this thread, and wondering if you've missed an announcement somewhere, you haven't. W've just wrapped up a closed pre-release alpha preview, that was shared with a very limited number of partners.
Welcome now to the start of the Copernicus partner beta! This is an exciting day for us here at Sophos! we've spent nearly a full year working tirelessly on this new project, and today marks a major milestone for us, where we put this in many of your hands for the first time. To help you get started, we have some documents and links to help you get started.
- Getting started guide
- Copernicus Partner Beta Kit (Zip)
- Video: Beta Program Overview and Product Tour (Password: Copernicus2015!) https://vimeo.com/user18762791/review/134456602/bc517e9bf7)
- Online: Copernicus Partner Beta Training
Now the most important link: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/lp/copernicus-beta.aspx
Just click the link above to get started, choose your download, and install from there using the getting started guide. For software and virtual installs, you'll be sent a serial number, which you'll need to enter to activate the firewall, after installation. If you have any questions from there, let us know!
Also, be sure to mark any issues you report, with the build number in your post subjet. for example, if you install the hardware ISO, named: HW-SFOS_15.01.0_Beta-P-277.iso, your build number is the last three digits in the name, or 277 in this case.
Thanks everyone, and happy testing!
-Alan
--- Update ---
Users experiencing registration issues, please check out this thread
For those updating software and virtual installs previously running the alpha build, there is one tweak you'll need to make to step back from the license bypass we used before. this build removes the license workaround, but also clears the deviceid value.To activate and register the device after upgrading the firmware, you'll need to follow these short command line instructions:
Solution:
1. Go to advanced shell and type the command "gendevid". (without quotes)
2. Verify with command "opcode getpublickey -ds nosync". (without quotes)
3. After this you can follow the normal flow for activation of the appliance.
