Applies to: Kyvos Enterprise  Kyvos Cloud (SaaS on AWS) Kyvos AWS Marketplace

Kyvos Azure Marketplace   Kyvos GCP Marketplace Kyvos Single Node Installation (Kyvos SNI)

This section provides information about the software and hardware prerequisites for installing Kyvos Manager. It also gives information about the standard checks that must be performed before starting the installation.

Prerequisites for Kyvos Manager server

• Operating System:

  • Cloud:

    • CentOS 7.x, RHEL 7.x, and RHEL 8.x

  • On-prem:

    • CentOS 7.x, RHEL 7.x and RHEL 8.x

    • Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS

• Memory: 6 GB RAM or more

• Storage Space: 30 GB or more

Prerequisites for Kyvos Manager Client

Kyvos Manager Client is the computer used to access the Web application. You can access the Kyvos Manager Client through Google Chrome 35 or above.

Prerequisites for cluster nodes

This section provides the software perquisites for cluster nodes for both sudo and non-sudo users. Sudo rights allow you to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser.

Setting up cluster nodes when you are not a sudo user

The following prerequisites are required for all nodes.

• Operating System:

  • Cloud:

    • CentOS 7.x, RHEL 7.x,and RHEL 8.x

  • On-prem:

    • CentOS 7.x, RHEL 7.x,and RHEL 8.x

    • Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS

• All nodes must have a user account with common login credentials

• All the nodes used for cluster creation must have:

  • list of commands

  • SSH running (SSHD service)

• Ensure that either the Iptables/firewall is disabled on each host of a cluster or the prequisite ports should be accessible.
  To disable Iptables/firewall, use the following commands on each host.

For Kyvos Manager node

To address the Log4j2 Vulnerabilities, ensure that the Kyvos Manager node has Zip command installed to allow class removal from jar files.

Pre-installation checklist for Kyvos Manager

Before you start installing Kyvos Manager, verify the following:

• SELinux must be disabled.

• Cluster hosts must have a working network name resolution system. DHCP server configured for DNS name resolution or /etc/hosts file must be configured correctly.

• Ensure wget is working.

• The user account from which the cluster is being deployed must have full access permissions on all the installation paths provided on Kyvos Manager.

Next: Install Kyvos Manager