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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

  • Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012
  • Windows 11, 10
  • Linux with .Net 7 support
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7+
  • Ubuntu 18.04+

Microsoft .NET 7.0 Runtime

The Server Manager Service and Management Console both require the .NET 7.0 Desktop Runtime while the Agent Installer only requires the .NET 7.0 Runtime . The Server Manager Installers detect if the .NET 7.0 Runtime is already installed. If not, the framework is automatically downloaded from Microsoft then installed. If running on an air gapped network, download and install the latest .NET 7.0 before running the installer. When installing the Windows Agent, you have the option to download our Windows Agent Installer that includes the .Net 7 Runtime embedded within the installer from the Corner Bowl Software Downloads page.

Supported Architectures: 64-Bit and 32-Bit

The Server Manager Service is a .Net 7 application that only installs to 64-Bit Windows and Linux machines, however, the Server Manager Agent can be installed on either 64-Bit or 32-Bit Windows machines and any Linux machine that supports .Net 7. All machines can be managed natively using network APIs.

Memory

16 GBs of available memory, 32 GBs suggested for faster performance when consolidating heavily loaded logs such as domain controller Security Event Logs. We have seen many customers successfully run with as little as 8 GBs of memory in smaller environments.

Ports

Server Manager uses many different TCP and UCP ports for communications between the Management Service (Server) and managed hosts (Clients and Agents).

Information Each Windows MSI installation automatically adds the corresponding required ports to the Windows Firewall. Rules can be found in a group called Corner Bowl Software.

Corner Bowl Server Manager Management Service (Server)

PortDescription
TCP 21843 (IN)The Management Server listens for Management Console and Agent connections on TCP port 21843.
TCP 443 www.CornerBowlSoftware.com (OUT)Server Manager checks for updates on https://www.CornerBowlSoftware.com:443.
TCP 443 www.OpenServerManager.net (OUT)Server Manager checks for license updates on https://www.OpenServerManager.net:443.
TCP 22 (OUT)Agentless Linux and other Unix servers are managed on SSH TCP port 22.
UDP 161 (IN/OUT)SNMP Devices are managed on inbound and outbound UDP port 161.
UDP 162 (IN)The SNMP Trap Server listens for SNMP Device Traps UDP port 162.
UDP 514 (IN)The Syslog Server listens for client packets on UDP port 514.
TCP 514 (IN)The Syslog Server listens for client connections on TCP port 514.

Corner Bowl Server Manager Management Console (Client)

PortDescription
TCP 21843 (OUT)Outbound TCP port 21843 is required to be open for the Management Console to connect to the Management Service.
TCP 443 www.CornerBowlSoftware.com (OUT)The Management Console checks for updates on https://www.CornerBowlSoftware.com:443.

Corner Bowl Server Manager Agent (Client)

PortDescription
TCP 21843 (OUT)Outbound TCP port 21843 is required to be open for the Agent to connect to the Management Service.

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024x768

Microsoft SQL Server (Optional)

  • SQL Server DBaas
  • SQL Server 2022
  • SQL Server 2019
  • SQL Server 2017
  • SQL Server 2016
  • SQL Server 2014
  • SQL Server 2012

Oracle MySQL (Optional)

  • 8.0
  • 5.7

Domain Administrator Account (Optional)

When using the Server Manager Agent to remotely manage machines, no credentials are required, otherwise, to access and manage remote resources, Server Manager requires domain administrator credentials. If off-domain, then local administrator credentials. The first time the application is run, the Onboarding Wizard will prompt you to assign the necessary credentials to the service.

Remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (Optional)

When using the Server Manager Agent to remotely manage machines, Remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is not required, otherwise, many functions within Server Manager utilize the Remote WMI API (e.g. Event Log management, CPU, disk space and memory monitoring).

Windows Shares (Optional)

When using the Server Manager Agent to remotely manage machines, Windows Shares is not required, otherwise, many functions within Server Manager utilize Windows Shares (e.g. Event Log file backups and text log monitoring).

Related Topics

Introduction

Installation

Registration

Troubleshooting

Release Notes