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A typical install sets up all SQL Secure components on the same computer. The following table lists the requirements for a typical installation.
| Hardware/software | Requirement |
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| CPU | 2.0 GHz or higher |
| Memory | 2 GB |
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| Microsoft SQL Server for Repository | Supports all editions except SQL Server Express for the following versions:
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Console requirements
A console-only installation installs the SQL Secure Console. The console-only installation assumes that a full installation has already been completed on another machine. The following table lists all the requirements for a console-only installation.
| Hardware/software | Requirement |
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| CPU | 2.0 GHz or higher |
| Memory | 2 GB |
| 32-bit or 64-bit Operating System |
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| Browser for online Help | Internet Explorer 9.0 or later |
SQL Server Versions and Editions
SQL Secure monitors different SQL Server versions intalled on-premise or on cloud platforms.
| SQL Versions Windows Only | On-Premise | Azure VM | Azure SQL Database | AWS EC2 | AWS RDS |
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| 2005 | X | X | |||
| 2008 |
| R2 | X | X | X | X | |
| 2012 SP1 | X | X | X | X | |
| 2016 | X | X | X | X | |
| 2017 | X | X | X | X | |
| 2019 | X | X | X | X | |
| Azure SQL Database V12 | X |
Cloud Service Delivery Models
You can run SQL Secure in Microsoft Windows installed on cloud virtual machines. It supports SQL Server instances installed on cloud services and can access mapped cloud drives.
The following table shows all services that SQL Secure can work with, depending on the could service delivery model and the cloud provider:
| Cloud Provider | IaaS | PaaS (DbaaS) |
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| Amazon Web Services | Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) • Microsoft Windows | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) • Microsoft SQL Server |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Virtual Machines • Microsoft Windows • Microsoft SQL Server | SQL Database |
Collector permission requirements
The following requirements are necessary for the SQL Secure Collector to access the SQL Server instances you want to audit. During install, you can input credentials for a Windows user account or SQL Server login.
| Type | Requirement |
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| Windows permissions | A Windows user account that has local administrator permissions. |
| SQL Server privileges | A Windows user account that is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role on the SQL Server instance. |
Port requirements
SQL Secure uses the default ports opened by the Windows operating system for local and remote communications. To learn about Windows port assignments, see
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| SQL Server Object Permissions and configuration collection | Port 1433 (or the configured SQL instance port for the audited instance) |
| Windows file system and registry permissions collection | Port 135 (RPC connectivity) |