Antivirus and antimalware considerations
Antivirus and antimalware software can impact or prevent the proper functioning of
PE. To avoid issues, exclude the directories /etc/puppetlabs and /opt/puppetlabs from antivirus and antimalware tools that scan disk write
operations.
- Exclude the
/etc/puppetlabsand/opt/puppetlabsdirectories from antivirus and antimalware tools that scan disk write operations to avoid performance issues. - Some antivirus and antimalware software requires a lot of system processing power. Tune your system resources (infrastructure nodes) to accommodate the software so it doesn't slow your performance.
- Some antivirus and antimalware software defaults to using port 8081, which is the same port PuppetDB uses. When installing the software, consider which port it uses so it doesn't conflict with PuppetDB communications.
- For agents, you can exclude
C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\pe_patchif your antivirus is holding a lock on log files and causing patching failures.
