System requirements for Engineer's Toolset for the Web 2019.4

SolarWinds strongly recommends that you install the Orion Platform on a server that is neither public, nor internet-facing. To learn about best practices for configuring your Orion Platform installation securely, see Secure Configuration for the SolarWinds Platform.

The following sections list the minimum system requirements and recommendations for your base Orion Platform server.

• Hardware requirements
• Software requirements
• Orion SQL database requirements
• Port requirements

Installing multiple SolarWinds Orion Platform products on the same computer may change the requirements. For details on multi-module requirements, see the Multi-module system guidelines.

Hardware requirements

SolarWinds strongly suggests using the recommended hardware configuration to avoid potential performance issues caused by a heavy load or custom configurations such as increased data retention or more frequent polling intervals.

The minimum hardware configuration is sufficient if you are evaluating the product or do not anticipate heavy usage.

Hardware	Requirements
CPU speed	Quad core, 2.5 GHz or better Do not enable Physical Address Extension (PAE) if running on an x86 processor.
Hard drive space	10 GB minimum 20 GB recommended Some common files may need to be installed on the same drive as your server's operating system.
Memory	4 GB minimum 8 GB recommended

Software requirements

The following table lists software requirements and recommendations for an Engineer's Toolset for the Web installation.

Software	Requirements
Operating system	Production	Evaluation Only
	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows 10 Windows 8.1 (except for Standard Edition)
Operating system languages	English German Japanese Simplified Chinese
IP address version	IPv4 IPv6 implemented as a dual stack. For more information, see RFC 4213 - Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers. CIDR notation is not supported for IPv6 addresses.
Web server	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), version 7.5 or later DNS specifications require that host names be composed of alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9), the minus sign (-), and periods (.). Underscore characters (_) are not allowed. For more information, see RFC 952 - DOD Internet Host Table Specification. If it's not already installed, IIS is installed by the SolarWinds installer. You can install IIS manually before installing your SolarWinds product to reduce installation time or save network bandwidth. SolarWinds products are not compatible with IIS version 6.0 installations that use web gardens.
.NET Framework	.NET 4.8
Web console browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11 or later with Active scripting Microsoft Edge Firefox 49.0 or later (Toolset Integration is not supported on Firefox) Chrome 54.0 or later Safari for iPhone
Other	MSMQ, RabbitMQ
User privileges	SolarWinds recommends that administrators have local administrator privileges to ensure full functionality of local SolarWinds tools. Accounts limited to the Orion Web Console do not require administrator privileges.

Orion SQL database requirements

For best performance, you should install your SolarWinds Orion SQL database on a server that is separate from where you are installing Engineer's Toolset for the Web and any other Orion Platform products that you have.

Requirements
SQL Server	SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SP1 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SP1 SQL Server 2014 Azure SQL Database - see here for detailed Azure SQL Database requirements. See Orion Platform database requirements for more detailed database requirements. Due to latency effects, SolarWinds does not recommend installing your SQL Server and your SolarWinds Orion Server in different locations across a WAN. Either mixed-mode or SQL authentication must be supported. If you are managing your Orion database, SolarWinds recommends you install SQL Server Management Studio. You can set the database recovery model to Full recovery mode only if you use Always On Availability. We strongly recommend using Simple recovery mode to ensure the best performance.
CPU	Quad core processor
Hard drive space	20 GB minimum 40 GB recommended Per Windows standards, some common files may need to be installed on the same drive as your server operating system.
Memory	4 GB minimum 8 GB recommended Additional memory improves both performance and reliability.
Authentication	Either mixed-mode or SQL authentication
Other software	If you are managing your Orion SQL database, SolarWinds recommends you install SQL Server Management Studio. The Installation Wizard installs the following required x86 components if they are not found on your Orion database server: SQL Server System Common Language Runtime (CLR) Types - Orion products use secure SQL CLR stored procedures for selected, non-business data operations to improve overall performance. Microsoft SQL Server Native Client Microsoft SQL Server Management Objects

Port Requirements

SolarWinds does not recommend the use of HTTP (Port 80). Please use HTTPS (Port 443) to ensure that any web-related connections are secure.

Review and open the needed ports for the Orion Platform and Engineer's Toolset for the Web.

 

Ports used by the Orion Server, all Orion Platform products

Port	Protocol	Service/ Process	Direction	Description
22	TCP	sshd	Outbound	Used to install an agent on Linux computers through SSH and SFTP or SCP.
17778	TCP	Orion Module Engine SolarWinds Agent	Inbound	Used continuously by agents to communicate back to the Orion server. Also used to deploy an agent.
17790	TCP	Orion Module Engine SolarWinds Agent	Outbound	Used to communicate with the Orion server.
17791	TCP	Orion Module Engine SolarWinds Agent	Inbound	Used continuously by agents to communicate back to the Orion server. Also used to deploy an agent.

 

Additional port used by the Orion Server, Engineer's Toolset for the Web

Port	Protocol	Service/ Process	Direction	Description
443	TCP	ssh	Outbound	Used for a secured SSH connection during tool use.