Prerequisites

The following prerequisites must be met:

• You need Windows administrator rights.

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) must be available.

  IIS is available for download on the Microsoft website.

• If you use SSL transport encryption between SafeGuard Enterprise Server and SafeGuard Enterprise client, you have to set up the IIS for it in advance, see Securing transport connections with SSL.

  • A certificate must be issued and the IIS server configured to use SSL and point to the certificate.
  • The server name specified when configuring the SafeGuard Enterprise Server must be the same as the one specified in the SSL certificate. Otherwise, client and server cannot communicate. Alias DNS names are not supported because they may conflict with the SSL implementation.
  • For each SafeGuard Enterprise Server, a separate SSL certificate is needed.

    If you manage Windows and macOS endpoints, SSL certificates should be issued by a CA since starting with macOS 10.12 Apple does no longer allow self signed certificates for SSL connections.

  • If you use Network Load Balancer, make sure that the port range includes the SSL port.

• .NET Framework 4.5 and ASP.NET 4.5 (provided in the SafeGuard Enterprise product delivery) must be installed.