Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements

These requirements are only applicable for the server where Insights is installed. For users viewing Insights, a supported web browser is the only requirement.

Insights Server

Important: Insights must be installed on its own machine, it cannot be co-hosted with Orchestrator.

CPU (cores)	System Memory (GB)	Storage (GB)
8	32	32

Note: The drive where Docker is installed (usually C:) requires at least 32 GB of storage.

Virtualization

Important: If you are using a VM or cloud-hosted VM, it must support nested virtualization with Windows operating systems.

Hyper-V Requirements for Cloud Service Providers
Azure - See more
AWS - See more

Ports

Make sure the following ports are externally accessible and no other service is using these ports:

Ports
543 Note: This is the default port, and you can change it to any available port
9999
19999

Note: Make sure that the Insights hostname is resolvable within your DNS.

SQL Server

Note: For best performance, consider hosting the Insights database on a dedicated machine. If you currently have a Small Scale deployment or are evaluating Insights, you might have both Orchestrator and Insights databases on the same machine. If you start noticing performance issues, you can move the Insights database to a dedicated machine.

	Small Scale (<1M Rows)	Medium Scale (1-20M Rows)	Large Scale(20-150M Rows)	Extralarge Scale(150-500M Rows)
CPU	4 Cores	8 Cores	8-16 Cores	16 Cores
System Memory	16 GB	32 GB	32-64 GB	64 GB
Data Disk	40 GB / 7500 IOPS	100 GB / 7500 IOPS	500 GB / 15000 IOPS	1 TB / 15000 IOPS

Software Requirements

Important: Your Orchestrator and Insights products must be of the same version (e.g. v2021.10.0).

Operating System

Software	Compatible Version
Windows Server	2019

Database

Software	Compatible Version
SQL Server	2019

Note:

• Insights requires the SQL Server to have support for columnstore index and .json functions.
• For Azure SQL, ensure the database is S3 tier or above.
• Make sure the compatibility level for Insights database is set to 150 or higher ("SELECT compatibility_level from sys.databases WHERE name = '{dbName}'). In most cases, the default settings meet this requirement. For more info, refer to View or Change the Compatibility level of a Database - SQL Server.
• You have to use SSH into the Insights Linux server, to run specific commands. Make sure you have the proper rights and authorizations beforehand.

Web Browsers

Software	Compatible Version
Chrome	50.0+
Firefox	69.0.1+ Note: Not supported in Private Browsing mode.
Edge (Chromium)	20.0+

Web Servers

Software	Compatible Version
IIS	10+

Frameworks

Note: Make sure to install the Hosting Bundle after installing IIS.

Software	Compatible Version
.NET Hosting Bundle 6.0.7+	6.0.7+

Docker

Software
Docker for Windows Server 2019 Note: We do not support WSL-backended Docker. For installation instructions, see Prerequisites to Installation page.

Security Protocols

Software	Compatible Version
TLS	1.1 or 1.2