Release Notes
One Identity Active Roles 8.0 LTS
Active Roles on Azure and AWS Release Notes
October 2022
These release notes provide information about the latest One Identity Active Roles release. For the most recent documents and product information, see the online Active Roles product documentation.
About this release
About One Identity Active Roles
Active Roles supports AWS and Azure cloud platforms. You can utilize Active Roles Marketplace images available on Azure or AWS Marketplace using the available organization subscription. The below images contain Active Roles 8.0 LTS preinstalled but not configured with different Active Roles components:
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Active Roles Service on Windows Server 2016
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Active Roles Web on Windows Server 2016
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Active Roles Service and Web on Windows Server 2016
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Active Roles Service on Windows Server 2019
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Active Roles Web on Windows Server 2019
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Active Roles Service and Web on Windows Server 2019
Above mentioned images contain specific components of Active Roles 8.0 LTS according to their respective configurations, such as, Service, Web, or both. For additional Active Roles components, you should modify the Active Roles installation. For more information on modifying Active Roles installation, see the Active Roles Quick Start Guide.
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CAUTION: Currently, AWS EC2 instances that are preinstalled with Active Roles are not available on AWS Marketplace. However, with the AWS subscription you can create virtual machines or EC2 instances, install Active Roles, and configure them using the prerequisites and the procedure provided in the Active Roles on Azure and AWS Marketplace User Guide. |
For more information on the supported environment configurations, see the Active Roles on Azure and AWS Marketplace User Guide.
Supported platforms
Active Roles is supported on the following platforms.
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Windows Server 2016
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Windows Server 2019
For more information on the configurations and platforms, see Supported configurations.
Supported Active Roles version
The current release of the Azure and AWS Marketplace images support the Active Roles version 8.0 LTS.
System Requirements
This section lists the minimum hardware requirements, recommended configurations, configurations that are supported, and configurations that are not supported on Azure and AWS Marketplace.
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.
Hardware requirements
This section briefs about the minimum hardware requirements to ensure optimal performance.
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A server with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 4 Core vCPUs , and 8GB RAM- Used as a Domain Controller with ADFS services that connects to Azure hosted AD.
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A server with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 4 Core vCPUs, and 8GB RAM- Used as an Exchange Server
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A server with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 1 Core vCPUs, and 2GB RAM- Used for Administration activity
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A server with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 1 Core vCPUs, 2GB RAM- Used for ARS Administrator portal, Self-Service portal, and Help desk portal.
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A server with Microsoft Windows Server 2016 R2, SQL Server 2012 SP4, 1 Core vCPUs, and 2GB RAM- Used as a Database Server.
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A server with Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 8 Core vCPUs, and 16GB RAM- Used for Synchronization services.
NOTE: The minimum hardware requirement specified here is applicable for small environments. For a more detailed information about the recommended configuration on small and medium environment, see Supported environment configurations topic in the Active Roles Azure and AWS Marketplace User Guide.