Confirm that your system meets the minimum requirements listed below before installing Central Management.

Operating system

Only 64-bit platforms are supported.

The following operating systems are supported:

Minimum hardware requirements

Only 64-bit platforms are supported.

RAM	2 GB
HDD	2 GB + ~500MB * [number of managed scan engines]

This section contains references to directories used by Central Management.

In further sections of this user guide the directory reference is used instead of the actual directory to refer to locations on the system disk.

Depending on whether it is a program, a configuration or something else, files are installed to separate directories under Linux.

Everything, except logs, is placed under the installation folder that can be customized during the installation.

Directory reference	Default
Installation folder	`C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Central Management`
Event log files	`C:\Windows\System32\WinEvt\Logs`
Log file	Log file is not written by default. For details see the Windows section in 3.1.2. Central Management server configuration file.

Central Management uses a subdirectory under the following directory references for storing scan engine resources:

Linux	Variable libraries
Windows	Installation folder

The partition holding these directories must have the appropriate free space.

Direction	Component / Service		Port	Note
Inbound	Central Management	Web Management Console and REST interface	8018	Customizable; adjust accordingly if modified.

	Minimum	Recommended
Web Management Console access	Web Management Console will work with any slow network but it is practically unusable under 1 Mbps.	5 Mbps
Managed instance connection	0.1 Mbps	5 Mbps

One of the following desktop browsers is required to use the Web Management Console:

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