Application Server

The requirements for the (Privilege Secure) application server are:

• Windows Server 2016 through Windows Server 2022

  note

  Windows Server 2022, non-domain-joined for security

• American English language installation

• Hardened / dedicated to Netwrix Privilege Secure (recommended)

• Controlled administrative access (recommended)

• 2.0 GHz or faster dual core 64-bit (x64) processor

• .NET Framework 4.7.2 installed (required for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 only)

  • .NET Framework 4.7.2+ is included in the “Pre-Reqs” folder of the product zip file. Alternatively, download from the following link:

    https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/thank-you/net472

• Windows Management Framework 5.1 installed (required for Windows Server 2012 R2 only)

  • Windows Management Framework is included in the “Extras” folder of the product zip file. Alternatively, download from the following link:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

• Properly functional domain-integrated DNS with ability to resolve all managed components both forwards and backwards

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) token (Authenticator, DUO, Symantec VIP, etc.)

RAM, CPU, and disk space

These are dependent upon the total number of administrators using Privilege Secure.

Environment	Extra Large	Large	Medium	Small
Number of Admins	500-1000	100-500	50-100	50 or less
RAM	64 GB	32 GB	16 GB	16 GB
Cores	8-16	6-8	4-6	4
C: drive	80 GB	80 GB	80 GB	80 GB
Application drive	300 GB	200 GB	100 GB	100 GB
Recording drive	500 GB	300 GB	200 GB	150 GB

Permissions

The following permission is required to install the application:

• Membership in the local Administrators group on the Privilege Secure server
• Active Directory Synchronization for Vault Connectors — The account used must have Domain Admin privileges

Virtual environment recommendations

While physical machines are always preferred, Netwrix fully supports virtual machines. This section contains special considerations when using virtualization.

• VMware® ESX® — If you use ESX, Netwrix recommends the following specifications:
  • ESX 4.0 / ESXi™ 4.1 or higher
  • Virtual Hardware 7 or higher
  • All Virtual Machines installed on the same datacenter / rack
  • Virtual Storage Consideration
    • In the server requirements, when separate disks are required for the servers, that should translate to separate data stores on the VM host machine.