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Subscriptions and Stations

Under the terms of billing system, Subscription is a station created at Dr.Web AV-Desk Server (hereinafter Server). Every station within the same Server has the unique UUID and password. With this pair, you can authorize your Dr.Web AV-Desk Agent at the Server.

For each created station, Server generates the installation package including the installer with parameters defined during the station creation. You may request generation of installation package for a station at any time. The installation package runs on the user computer and installs executable files and Dr.Web AV-Desk anti- virus components. After installation, administration of computer protection and interaction with Server is performed via Dr.Web AV- Desk Agent (herinafter Agent).

Agent implements the following functions:

  • executes installation, update, and setup of the Dr.Web anti- virus package, launches scanning, and performs other tasks set by Server;
  • allows you to run the Dr.Web anti-virus components through a special interface;
  • sends the results of performed tasks to Server;
  • sends notifications to Server on preset events that occur during the operation of the anti-virus package.

Each station is characterized by a set of parameters which can be divided into obligatory and optional for convenience. You must always define the obligatory parameters, these parameters affect parameters of a station such as: anti-virus compound, term of use, grace period, etc. Optional parameters do not affect parameters of a station, you can use them for classifying stations, grouping, etc.

Administration of station parameters is performed via the XML API protocol which is the component of the Dr.Web AV-Desk system. For more information about the XML API protocol, see XML API for Dr. Web® AV-Desk®. Administrator Manual, section 4.

Operations on subscription

For example, the following operations on subscription can be available for the end user:

  • Creating new subscription for one of the basic subscription packages.
  • Changing subscription package for existing subscription. Temporarily blocking existing subscription.
  • Unblocking subscription.
  • Unsubscribing.

Technically, each operation is implemented as follows:

  • Changing subscription package — changing tariff group of a station.
  • Temporarily blocking — setting the block-begin and block-endparametersofastation.Theunix timestamp in the GMT format is used.
  • Unblocking — setting the block-begin and block-end parameters of a station to 0 value.
  • Unsubscribing — setting the expires parameter of a station to non-zero value (with specifying the date and the time after which subscription expires). The unix timestamp in the GMT format is used.

For immediate blocking, you must specify a past date.

  • New subscription — creating new station with specifying the necessary parameters.

For more information about stations, see Dr.Web® AV-Desk® Antivirus. Administrator Manual.

Tariff Groups

Tariff group defines compound of anti-virus package at the station. Tariff groups are divided into two categories:

  • Pre-installed (system, basic).
  • Custom.

Pre-installed tariff groups are created and initialized during the installation of Server. These groups can not be deleted. Group settings can be changed by the Server administrator.

Custom tariff groups are created by the Server administrator. Administrator sets parameters of these groups as well. These groups can be deleted if no station is a member of a group.

Every tariff group has the unique identifier — UUID (UUID of tariff group).

Name UUID
AV 2888b7ff-3625-465e-bcb8-957de17f6458
AV+AS ebe76ffc-69e1-4757-b2b3-41506832bc9b
AV+AS+PC 91644cc3-1dc1-42dc-a41e-5ea001f5538d
AV+AS+PC+SRV 01fe9e60-6570-11de-b827-0002a5d5c51b
AV+PC a8f0c2f7-5689-4105-8e7b-e5df0790d0a8
J+AV 673b0574-d11d-b211-9b4e-de33edc4ef1b
J+AV+AS 800af701-d21d-b211-9b54-de33edc4ef1b
J+AV+AS+PC 382a6f16-d21d-b211-9b56-de33edc4ef1b

Association between basic subscription package and tariff group:


Basic subscription package Pre-installed tariff group
Dr.Web Classic AV (2888b7ff-3625-465e-bcb8-957de17f6458)
Dr.Web Standard AV+AS (ebe76ffc-69e1-4757-b2b3-41506832bc9b)
Dr.Web Premium AV+AS+PC (91644cc3-1dc1-42dc-a41e-5ea001f5538d)
Dr.Web Premium Server AV+AS+PC+SRV (01fe9e60-6570-11de-b827-0002a5d5c51b)
Dr.Web Classic for Legal Persons J+AV (673b0574-d11d-b211-9b4e-de33edc4ef1b)
Dr.Web Standard for Legal Persons J+AV+AS (800af701-d21d-b211-9b54-de33edc4ef1b)
Dr.Web Premium for Legal Persons J+AV+AS+PC (382a6f16-d21d-b211-9b56-de33edc4ef1b)

For more information about tariffs groups, see Dr.Web® AV-Desk® Antivirus. Administrator Manual.

Primary Groups

You can use primary groups to facilitate administration of workstations within the anti-virus network. The functional of primary groups supports nesting.

Grouping allows you to define settings for all workstations in a group with one command and initiate execution of certain tasks on all stations. You may use primary groups for organizing (structuring) the list of workstations.

Each primary group contains parameters which can be set or changed by the Server administrator.

For more information about groups, see Dr.Web® AV-Desk® Antivirus. Administrator Manual.

Inheritance of Station Parameters

Station parameters can be set individually or can be inherited from the tariff or primary group.

Parameters which are inherited from tariff group and can not be set individually:

  • License key.
  • Grace period.
  • Installing Dr.Web AV-Desk anti-virus components.

These parameters are always inherited from tariff group and can not be overridden not individually nor via primary group.

Parameters which are inherited from tariff or primary group or can be set individually for a station:

  • User permissions on stations.
  • Tasks schedule on stations.
  • Update restrictions for anti-virus components on stations.
  • Settings of anti-virus components such as: Dr.Web Scanner for Windows, SpIDer Guard G3 for Windows, SpIDer Mail for Windows Workstations, etc.

Parameters set individually are of higher priority than parameters set for primary group.  Parameters which can be set only individually:

  • Organization.
  • Department.
  • Country.
  • Province.
  • City.
  • Street.
  • Floor.
  • Room.
  • Latitude.
  • Longitude.
  • ACL.

Inheritance of parameters is as follows:

  • Always inherited from tariff group:
    • lisence key,
    • grace period,
    • installing Dr.Web AV-Desk anti-virus components.
  • If station has personal settings:
    • user permissions on stations,
    • tasks schedule on stations,
    • update restrictions for anti-virus components on stations, settings of anti-virus components

than these settings are used.

  • If station settings (or a part of settings) listed in paragraph 2 are not set individually, station inherits the configuration from parental group, and this process repeats recursively. The search is performed upwards through the hierarchical tree. At first, the search is performed upwards through the hierarchical tree of tariff groups, than, if parameters were not found within tariff groups, through the hierarchical tree of primary groups starting from the primary group of the station, its parent group and stopping at the root group.

  • If station does not have personal settings, the settings of the Everyone group are inherited.

For more information, see Dr.Web® AV-Desk® Antivirus. Administrator Manual.

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