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Safeguard Authentication Services 5.1.1 - Release Notes

Supported platforms

The following table provides a list of supported Unix and Linux platforms for Safeguard Authentication Services.

CAUTION: In Safeguard Authentication Services version 5.1, support for the following Linux platforms and architectures has been deprecated:

  • Linux platforms

    • CentOS Linux 5

    • Oracle Enterprise (OEL) Linux 5

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5

    • Suse Linux Enterprise (SLES) 11

  • Linux architectures

    • IA-64

    • s390

Make sure that you prepare your system for an upgrade to a supported Linux platform and architecture, so that you can upgrade to Safeguard Authentication Services version 5.1 when it is released.

Table 4: Unix agent: Supported platforms

Platform

Version

Architecture

Alma Linux

8, 9

x86_64, AARCH64, PPC64le

Amazon Linux

AMI, 2, AL2022

x86_64

Apple MacOS

10.15, 11.x, 12.x, 13.x

x86_64, ARM64

CentOS Linux

6, 7, 8, 9

Current Linux architectures: s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

CentOS Stream

8, 9

x86_64

Debian

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

Fedora Linux

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

FreeBSD

12.x, 13.x

x32, x64

HP-UX

11.31

PA, IA-64

IBM AIX

6.1 TL9, 7.1 TL3, TL4, TL5, 7.2, 7.3

Power 4+

OpenSuSE

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)

6, 7, 8, 9

Current Linux architectures: s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Oracle Solaris

10 8/11 (Update 10),

11.x

SPARC, x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

6, 7, 8, 9

Current Linux architectures: s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Rocky Linux

8, 9

x86_64, AARCH64

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)/Workstation

12, 15

Current Linux architectures: s390x, PPC64, PPC64le, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Ubuntu

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

System requirements

Before installing Safeguard Authentication Services 5.1.1, ensure that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements for your platform. The operating system patch level, hardware, and disk requirements vary by Unix, Linux, and Active Directory platform, and are detailed in the One Identity Safeguard Authentication Services Administration Guide.

NOTE: When setting up a virtual environment, carefully consider the configuration aspects such as CPU, memory availability, I/O subsystem, and network infrastructure to ensure the virtual layer has the necessary resources available. Please consult One Identity's Product Support Policies for more information on environment virtualization.

Product licensing

Safeguard Authentication Services must be licensed in order for Active Directory users to authenticate on Unix and macOS hosts.

NOTE: While you can install and configure Safeguard Authentication Services on Windows and use the included management tools to Unix-enable users and groups in Active Directory without installing a license, you must have a valid Safeguard Authentication Services license installed for full functionality.

Upon receiving your license file from One Identity, copy this license file to your desktop or other convenient location.

To add licenses using the Control Center

  1. Open the Control Center and click Preferences on the left navigation pane.
  2. Expand the Licensing section.

    The list box displays all licenses currently installed in Active Directory.

  3. Click Actions | Add a license.
  4. Browse for the license file and click Open.

    The license appears in the list box.

To add licenses directly to the Unix systems

  1. Add a valid license file to /etc/opt/quest/vas/.licenses/ directory.
  2. Validate with /opt/quest/bin/vastool license -i.

Upgrade and installation instructions

The process for upgrading the Safeguard Authentication Services Windows components from older versions is similar to the installation process. The Windows installer detects older versions and automatically upgrades them. The next time you launch Active Directory Users and Computers, Safeguard Authentication Services uses the updated Windows components. Refer to the One Identity Safeguard Authentication Services Installation Guide for detailed installation instructions.

Refer to the One IdentitySafeguard Authentication Services Upgrade Guide for more detailed information about upgrading your current version of Safeguard Authentication Services.

Of course, you may perform your Unix client management tasks from the Unix command line, if you prefer. You can find those instructions in the One Identity Safeguard Authentication Services Administration Guide.

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