Prerequisites
Platform Support
For ISO Installation
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VMWare ESXi (ESXi v 6.7 & above)
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Nutanix
For Offline script installation
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VMWare ESXi (ESXi v 6.7 & above)
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Hyper -- V
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Nutanix
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Proxmox
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Azure server
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AWS
Port Requirements
| Port | Source | Destination | Protocol | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9201 | HySecure | ARS | TCP | Unidirectional |
| 9200 | HyWorks | ARS | TCP | Unidirectional |
| 9200 | VDI/SHD | ARS | TCP | Unidirectional |
| 5044 | HySecure | ARS | TCP | Unidirectional |
| 514 | HyWorks | ARS | UDP | Unidirectional |
| 514 | VDI/SHD | ARS | UDP | Unidirectional |
| 9201 | HySecure/HyWorks/VDI/SHD | ARS | TCP | Unidirectional |
Modules used
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Opensearch
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Opensearch-dashboards
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Logstash
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Email Alerting
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Email Reporting
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LDAP
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Elasticdump
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HA
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Auto Log Cleanup
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Syslog output
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Roles/User based access
Log shippers Details
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HySecure: Filebeat and Metricbeat
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HyWorks: Metricbeat
Filebeat: User Activity Logs
Metricbeat: System Resource Utilization Logs
Windows SHD and VDI version detail support
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SHD RDP access with admin privileges
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Controller Access with ADMIN privileges
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Controller Version: 3.4 SP2 LR1 HF1.1
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HyWorks DVM Tools: v3.4.0.820
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Windows Session Host Server: v3.4.0.18146
Linux SHD OS and version detail
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Ubuntu 24.4
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Linux package v3.6.0.134
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DVM Tools v3.6.0.368
Architecture

Sizing
Recommended for: 3-month retention period (Single Node ARS)
| User | CPU | RAM | HDD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 4 | 8 | 500 |
| 500 | 8 | 16 | 1 TB |
| 1000 | 8 | 32 | 2 TB |
VM Configuration
For VMWare ESXi 6.7 & above
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Compatibility - ESXi 6.7 virtual machine (or the highest version available)
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Guest OS Family - Linux
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Guest OS version - Oracle Linux 9 (64-bit)

IP Address and Admin access are required for the following components:
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HySecure Gateways
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HyWorks Controllers
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Reservation Management System Controller (RMS)
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The IP address for the ARS server (This IP should be reachable to the applicable HyWorks, HySecure, or RMS instances as applicable above)
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Case-sensitive hostnames for HySecure gateways, HyWorks Controllers, and RMS Controllers
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Putty
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WinSCP
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SMTP Server detail (Optional) For email alerts
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Email credentials to send email alerts for CPU, Memory, and Disk usage (Optional)
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DNS Server IPs
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HyWorks Identity value for Production HyWorks Cluster (Accessible from HyWorks Management Console > Host Management > Syslog Config)
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HyWorks Identity value for RMS Cluster (Optional) (Accessible from HyWorks Management Console > Host Management > Syslog Config)
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Retention Period for log data (Optional)
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Syslog Server Details (Optional) to send a copy of logs to Syslog