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Safeguard Authentication Services 6.0 LTS - Release Notes

Supported platforms

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

CAUTION: As of Safeguard Authentication Services version 6.0 LTS, the following platforms and architectures are no longer supported:

  • CentOS Linux 6

  • Apple MacOS 11.3

  • Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 6

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

Table 3: UNIX agent: Supported platforms

Platform

Version

Architecture

Alma Linux

8, 9

x86_64, AARCH64, PPC64le, s390x

Amazon Linux

AMI, 2, AL2022

x86_64

Apple MacOS

12.0 and above

x86_64, ARM64

CentOS Linux

7, 8

s390x, PPC64, PPC64LE, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

CentOS Stream

8, 9

x86_64, AARCH64, PPC64LE, s390x

Debian

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

Fedora Linux

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64, PPC64LE

FreeBSD

12.x, 13.x, 14.x

x86_64

HP-UX

11.31

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, PPC64LE, s390x

Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)

7, 8, 9

x86_64, AARCH64

Oracle Solaris

10 8/11 (Update 10), 11.x

SPARC, x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

7, 8, 9

s390x, PPC64, PPC64LE, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Rocky Linux

8, 9

x86_64, AARCH64, PPC64LE, s390x

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)/Workstation

12, 15

s390x, PPC64, PPC64LE, x86, x86_64, AARCH64

Ubuntu

Current supported releases

x86_64, x86, AARCH64

System requirements

Before installing Safeguard Authentication Services 6.0 LTS, 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. For more information about environment virtualization, see One Identity's Product Support Policies.

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. For detailed installation instructions, see the One Identity Safeguard Authentication Services Installation Guide.

For more detailed information about upgrading your current version of Safeguard Authentication Services, see the One Identity Safeguard Authentication Services Upgrade Guide.

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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