Installation

The following sections provide information on system requirements and step-by-step instructions for installing the Software Appliance.

The Software Appliance supports the leading virtualization platforms, including VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and KVM-based hypervisors.

System Requirements

Before you install the Software Appliance, ensure that the system requirements are met.

The following hardware specifications are recommended for the virtual machine.

The following lists prerequisites for the installation instructions:

For step-by-step instructions on how to create a virtual machine, see the following sections:

Pre-installation requirements:

Make sure that the network administration has granted the necessary rights to generate the following connections.

Protocol	Direction	Port	Protocol
HTTP	in	80	TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
HTTPS	in	443	TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)	in	161	UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
internal clustering (VPN)	in/out	54905	UDP
NTP (Network Time Protocol) optional	out	123	Default UDP
DNS (Domain Name System)	out	53	UDP
syslog (System Logging Protocol)	out	514 (configurable)	Default UDP

HSM (Hardware Security Module)	Direction	Port
Luna Network HSM	out	1792 (configurable)
Thales DPoD	out	varies
Utimaco CryptoServer LAN	out	288
TrustWay Proteccio netHSM	out out	5551 5552
Entrust nShield Connect	out in*	9004 (configurable) 9004