Prerequisites

To use the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) DXL Python client the following prerequisites must be satisfied:

• OpenDXL Python Client library installed

  • https://github.com/opendxl/opendxl-client-python

• The OpenDXL Python Client prerequisites must be satisfied

  • https://opendxl.github.io/opendxl-client-python/pydoc/installation.html

• Python 2.7.9 or higher in the Python 2.x series or Python 3.4.0 or higher in the Python 3.x series installed within a Windows or Linux environment.

• McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) service is running and available on DXL fabric

  • If version 5.0 or later of the DXL ePO extensions are installed on your ePO server, an ePO DXL service should already be running on the fabric.

  • If you are using an earlier version of the DXL ePO extensions, you can use the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) DXL Python Service (Python-based service implementation).

• OpenDXL Python Client has permission to invoke ePO remote commands

  • If version 5.0 or later of DXL ePO extensions are installed on your ePO server, see the ePO DXL Python Client Authorization page to ensure that the OpenDXL Python client has appropriate authorization to perform ePO remote commands.

  • If you are using the standalone ePO DXL Python Service to proxy remote commands to the ePO server, follow the steps on the ePO DXL Python Service Authorization page to ensure that the OpenDXL Python client has appropriate authorization to perform ePO remote commands.