We’re pleased to announce that a new beta version of ImunifyAV, version 5.8, is now available. The following features are new in the v.5.8 beta release. 
Learn about more features in Imunify360.

• Overridable config
  Our new overridable config feature provides an easier way to manage the whole fleet of servers by creating a set of custom configs.
• Hyperscan
  The use of Hyperscan technology provides improved speed while ensuring protection when performing a scan for malicious files. 

Overridable config

Recently we received a request from one of our big customers to have an ability to provision default config for the whole fleet of Imunify servers and keep the ability for fine tuning of each particular server depending on it’s business requirements.

When writing a set of custom configs, this feature gives users more freedom and convenience in large environments. This feature also lets users set up a granular environment by translating settings to servers and groups of servers of their choice. Finally, the new feature allows users to fine-tune each server depending on their business needs and requirements.

For your convenience we slightly modified configs organization:

• Added a new directory for custom configs and have put there local overrides of the main config
  /etc/sysconfig/imunify360/imunify360.config.d/
• Old config /etc/sysconfig/imunify360/imunify360.config now linked to imunify360.config.d/90-local.config. It contains changes made through UI as well as through CLI.
• Configs in that directory will override the imunify360-base.config and each other in lexical order. First-level "sections" (like `FIREWALL`) are merged, while second-level "options" (like `FIREWALL.TCP_IN_IPv4`) are replaced completely.

This way it will be possible to keep your local customizations but still be able to rollout the main config.

The CLI command to check default configuration before merging with 90-local.config:

imunify-antivirus config show defaults

Here is an example of custom server configuration:

The resulting (merged) configuration will look like this:

FIREWALL:
  TCP_IN_IPv4:
  - '20'
  - '22'
  - '12345'
  port_blocking_mode: DENY

The mechanics is as follows: first-level "sections" - for example `FIREWALL` are merged, while second-level "options" - for example `FIREWALL.TCP_IN_IPv4` are replaced completely.

Those who don’t need this  type of overridable configs can continue to use custom configurations in /etc/sysconfig/imunify360/imunify360.config. This feature is backward compatible.

Hyperscan^experimental

Starting with Imunify360 v5.8 uses high-performance multiple regex matching Hyperscan library in the Malware Scanner. By scanning files with Hyperscan library the scan speed drastically improved. Our test shows up to 10x performance improvement.

Hyperscan requires its own signatures set that will be downloaded from files.imunify360.com and compiled locally. There are few platform requirements to use this feature:

• Hyperscan supports Debian, Ubuntu, CloudLinux OS Solo and CentOS/CloudLinux 7 and later.
• SSE3 processor instructions support. It is quite common nowadays, but may be lacking in virtual environments or in some rather old servers.

By default Hyperscan feature is in the switched off state in 5.8

To switch on the feature through the UI please tick Enable Hyperscan in Settings → Malware

To switch on the feature through the CLI please use the following command:

imunify-antivirus config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"hyperscan": true}}'

Additional information

ImunifyAV v.5.8 includes 46 tasks and 12 bug fixes.

Internal records

Important tasks and issues linked to support tickets:

Stay in touch

Please give our product team feedback on version 5.8 release. Share your ideas and feature requests through feedback@imunify360.com or via our feedback form.

If you encounter any problems with this beta release, please send a comment or request to our Imunify support team via cloudlinux.zendesk.com.

How to install

To install the new ImunifyAV(+) v.5.8 beta, follow the instructions in the documentation.

How to upgrade

To upgrade ImunifyAV(+) on CentOS/CloudLinux systems, run the command:

yum update imunify-antivirus --enablerepo=imunify360-testing

To upgrade ImunifyAV(+) on Ubuntu 16.04, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/ubuntu-testing/16.04/ xenial main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus

To upgrade ImunifyAV(+) on Ubuntu 18.04, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/ubuntu-testing/18.04/ bionic main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus

To upgrade ImunifyAV(+) on Ubuntu 20.04, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/ubuntu-testing/20.04/ focal main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus

To upgrade Imunify360 on Debian 9, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/debian-testing/9/ stretch main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus

To upgrade Imunify360 on Debian 10, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/debian-testing/10/ buster main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus