1. Requirements

1.1 Basic System Requirements

• Required Processor

  • Minimum 6 core processor

  • Recommended 8 core processor

• Required RAM

  • Minimum 16 GB RAM

  • Recommended 32 GB RAM

• Required free disk space

  • Minimum 100 GB

  • Recommended 200 GB

• Any of the following Windows Operating Systems.

  • Windows Server OS: 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025 (latest)

• Supported SQL Server Options for Storing Auditing Logs:

  • Any of the following SQL Server instances, either local or network hosted.

  • Recommended: Network-hosted SQL Server.

  • Any SQL Server above and including SQL Server 2016 (standard or enterprise)

• .NET Framework 4.6.2 developer pack and above

1.2 Supported Servers for Auditing

1.3 Required User Rights

To install and work with the Lepide Data Security Platform, you need to have appropriate rights to the system where it will be installed. Also, you need to have appropriate rights to access the SQL server.

To configure the Lepide Data Security Platform for auditing Microsoft SQL Server, the service account requires the following rights:

• Member of Domain Admins Group in Active Directory.

• This account should have Sysadm rights over the SQL databases. An SQL account with the mentioned privileges can also be used.

1.4 Required SQL Server Rights

• For Windows Authentication: A login for the currently logged on Windows User should exist in SQL Server with the assigned role of dbcreator in SQL server.

• For SQL Authentication: A local SQL account with dbcreator permission.

1.5 Required Ports

The software uses the following ports for different purposes.

• Lepide Data Security Platform uses the following ports for communication:

  • Port 389 and Port 636 for LDAP queries.

  • Port 135 for WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

  • Default Port for SQL Server Communication. In most cases, the default port for SQL is 1433.

• Lepide Data Security Platform Web Console uses Port 7779 (HTTP).

• Lepide Data Security Platform App uses Port 1051.