Prior to installing Safeguard for Sudo, ensure your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements for your platform.
Component | Requirements |
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Operating systems |
See Supported platforms to review a list of platforms that support Safeguard clients. |
Disk space |
80 MB of disk space for program binaries and manuals for each architecture. Considerations:
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SSH software |
You must install and configure SSH client and server software on all policy server hosts. You must also install SSH client software on all hosts that will use the Sudo Plugin. You must enable access to SSH as the root user on the policy server hosts during configuration of the policy servers. Both OpenSSH 4.3 (and later) and Tectia SSH 6.4 (and later) are supported. |
Processor |
Policy Servers: 4 cores |
RAM |
Policy Servers: 8 GB |
Safeguard for Sudo Requirements
Systems Required | Minimum Requirements |
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Primary Policy Server |
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Host System |
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Default Ports
Configure the firewall ports appropriately when installing the Sudo Plugin on separate machines from the policy server.
Variable | Default Port | Description |
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masterport |
12345 |
TCP/IP port for pmmasterd. Safeguard uses the masterport to communicate with the pmmasterd (policy server daemon). |