NTA 2023.1 system requirements
Release date: February 15, 2023
SolarWinds strongly recommends that you install the SolarWinds Platform on a server that is neither public, nor internet-facing. To learn about best practices for configuring your SolarWinds Platform installation securely, see Secure Configuration for the SolarWinds Platform.
What requirements are you looking for?
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On-premise requirements overview: System requirements for deploying NTA and the NTA Flow Storage database in an on-premise environment.
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NTA port requirements: Ports that NTA uses to communicate with other devices and servers. See SolarWinds Port Requirements for a comprehensive list of port requirements for SolarWinds Platform products.
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Cloud deployment: Requirements for deploying NTA and the NTA Flow Storage database in Azure and AWS.
On-premise requirements for NTA
NetFlow Traffic Analyzer requires an appropriate SolarWinds NPM version hosted on the same server. To deploy NTA locally, on a server, review the Multi-module system guidelines.
You cannot install SolarWinds Platform products on the same server as SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM).
NTA Flow Storage database requirements
NTA and SolarWinds Platform use two SQL databases - the SolarWinds Platform database and the NTA SQL Flow Storage database. The SolarWinds Platform database stores SolarWinds Platform configuration data and all collected performance and syslog data. The NTA Flow Storage database is where SolarWinds NTA stores your flow data.
| Type | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| SQL server |
SolarWinds recommends using a single SQL server instance for both the NTA Flow Storage database and the SolarWinds Platform database.
SolarWinds supports Express, Standard, or Enterprise versions of the SQL server. |
| Sizing |
Hardware recommendations for the NTA SQL Flow Storage database For an example configuration, see User scenario: Recommended SQL server disk configuration. |
SolarWinds Platform database requirements
For a complete overview of requirements for deploying the SolarWinds Platform database in an environment with SolarWinds NTA, see the Multi-module system guidelines.
Port requirements
The following table lists ports that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer uses to communicate with other devices and servers.
SolarWinds does not recommend the use of HTTP (Port 80). Please use HTTPS (Port 443) to ensure that any web-related connections are secure.
| Port | Protocol | Service/Process | Direction | Description |
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| 53 | UDP | SolarWinds Job Engine V2 | Outbound | Port used to resolve DNS queries. |
| 80 | TCP | IIS | Inbound |
HTTP default for the SolarWinds Platform Web Console website. If you specify any port other than 80, you must include that port in the URL used to access the SolarWinds Platform Web Console. For example, if you specify an IP address of 192.168.0.3 and port 8080, the URL used to access the web console is The port might also be used for Cisco UCS monitoring. |
| 137 | UDP | NetBIOS | Outbound |
Port for outbound traffic if NetBIOS name resolution is turned on. When NTA is trying to resolve the NetBIOS names of servers in their conversations, you may find a large amount of outbound UDP 137 traffic from the NTA collector to a number of external addresses. You can confirm the traffic by using the Flow Navigator to match the outbound connections to existing conversations. This is normal behavior when NetBIOS is enabled. An easy way to demonstrate the behavior is to disable NetBIOS in NTA and watch all outbound connections terminate. |
| 161 |
UDP TCP |
SolarWinds Job Engine v2 | Outbound | The default port used for sending and receiving SNMP information, including polling CBQoS-enabled devices. |
| 443 | TCP | IIS | Inbound | Default port for HTTPS binding. |
| 1433 | TCP |
SolarWinds NetFlow Service |
Outbound | Port used for communication between the NetFlow Service and the existing SQL server. |
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1434 |
UDP |
SolarWinds NetFlow Service SQL Browse Service |
Outbound | The port used for communication between the NetFlow Service and the Orion database. This port is required only if your SQL Server is configured to use dynamic ports. |
| 2055 | UDP | SolarWinds NetFlow Service | Inbound | The default port for receiving flows on any SolarWinds NTA collector. |
| 5671 | TCP | RabbitMQ | Bidirectional | Port used for RabbitMQ messaging. |
| 17777 | TCP | SolarWinds Information Service | Bidirectional |
Port for sending and receiving traffic between SolarWinds NPM and other SolarWinds Platform modules. Port used for communication between remote Flow Storage Database and NTA Main Poller. |
Cloud deployment
When deploying NTA in cloud, SolarWinds recommends using the native SQL service for the NTA SQL Flow Storage database. You can install the NTA SQL Flow Storage database onto the following:
- Microsoft Azure SQL Database
If you choose to build a new Azure SQL database instead of using the native SQL service, review the section Azure instances required for additional databases.
- Amazon Web Service with RDS
Additional resources
You should also review the following resources for the exact product requirements beyond these minimums.