Requirements
Ensure the following software and hardware requirements are in place before installing the Cygna Auditing & Security Suite. Auditor can be deployed to 32-bit or 64-bit platforms.
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Current Version |
5.9 |
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Products |
Cygna Auditor for Active Directory Cygna Auditor for File System Cygna Auditor for Exchange Cygna Auditor for SQL Server Cygna Protector for Active Directory Cygna Recovery for Active Directory Cygna Privilege Explorer for Active Directory Cygna Privilege Explorer for File System Cygna Change Manager for Active Directory Cygna Event Vault for Windows |
Console Software Requirements
| Client Operating Systems |
Windows 10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit) |
| Additional Software |
.Net 4.5 or later for audit views on all clients, Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) for GPO backups Visual C++ Runtime 2013 |
Console Hardware Requirements
| Processor Memory | Pentium 1GHz minimum, 2+ recommended 2 GB RAM minimum, 2+ recommended |
Database Software Requirements
| Supported Databases |
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 or SP1 Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1 or later Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2 or later Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 or later Microsoft SQL Standard or Enterprise Editions in Production. SQL Express has builtin CPU and RAM limitations and is unsuitable for production installs. Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 R2 SP2 or SP3 for lab evaluations Note: SQL TCP/IP protocol must be enabled. Also it is limited to lesser of 1 Socket or 4 cores and 1GB RAM - https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc645993.aspx#CrossBoxScale Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server 2008 R2 or higher Visual C++ Runtime 2013 |
Database Hardware Requirements
| Processor Memory |
Pentium 1GHz minimum, 2+ GHz recommended with 2 or more cores 4 GB RAM minimum, 4+ recommended |
Server Software Requirements
| Server Operating Systems |
Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) Visual C++ Runtime 2013 |
| Additional Software | .Net 4.5 or later for audit views on all clients, Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) for GPO backups |
Server Hardware Requirements
| Processor Memory | Pentium 1GHz minimum, 2+ GHz recommended 2 GB RAM minimum, 2+ recommended |
Port Requirements
| 1433 (and 1434) |
By default, SQL Server uses port 1433 and the SQL Browser service uses 1434 (required when using named instances, e.g. SQLEXPRESS uses them by default). Access is required to the correct ports to enable remote connections to SQL Server from both the Cygna Auditing & Security Suite server and any systems running agents. |
| 35000 | The Management server service listens on port 35000 by default so you need to open it (or the port you specify during install) on the Cygna Auditing & Security Suite server. If the port isn't open, you cannot remotely connect to it from another machine. |
| 135-139, 445 (UDP/TCP): |
Domain Controllers and Server agents don't communicate with the Management server service directly (only the SQL server). You should be able to deploy agents (e.g. Auditor for AD datahandler, Auditor for FS monitors, etc) without opening any non-standard ports. If you turned off some of the default firewall exceptions there may be issues (e.g. File and Printer Sharing) in which case UDP and TCP ports 135-139,445 will need to be opened. |
| IIS Port 80 | By default the web console uses IIS port 80; however, Setup checks to confirm that no other IIS site is already using that port. If so, a warning will be displayed and the user has the opportunity to change the install port to something else. |
Note: The Auditor for AD cannot be installed on the same Domain Controller as Change Auditor for AD.
Auditor for AD Bridge and PowerBroker for Windows
If you are using a license of Auditor for AD Bridge and PowerBroker for Windows, we provide a limited set of audited activities with this license. Contact Cygna customer care specialist for more details.
PowerBroker Windows
- All Policy Changes for PowerBroker Windows policy settings
- When a GPO is linked or unlinked to a Domain, Site, or Organizational Unit
- When a Policy link is enabled or disabled
- Policy enforcement or order
AD Bridge
- All Policy Changes for AD Bridge policy settings
- When a GPO is linked or unlinked to a Domain, Site, or Organizational Unit
- When a Policy link is enabled or disabled
- Policy enforcement or order
- All changes on any user, group, or computer object that is Unix enabled by AD Bridge
