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Requirements on host machines

This page lists the minimum hardware and software requirements to install Mugnsoft. You can run all Mugnsoft’s components on the same host server as a standalone machine or in a distributed architecture.

Mugnsoft requirements

To run Mugnsoft, you must have a supported operating system, hardware that meets or exceeds minimum requirements, and a supported browser

Supported operating systems

The following operating systems are supported for Mugnsoft installation:

  • Debian / Ubuntu
  • RPM-based Linux (CentOS, Fedora, OpenSuse, RedHat)
  • Windows

Note:

While you can install Mugnsoft on other operating systems, we do not recommend doing so and we do not provide support for that use case.

Hardware recommendations

The following table describes the hardware (CPU and memory) requirements recommended for the Mugnsoft’s components

server type Deployment Number of Processors Physical Memory
webserver Standard (up to 10 probes) 4 CPU cores Minimum: 8 GB RAM<br> Recommended: 12 GB RAM
webserver Large (up to 20 probes) Minimum 8 CPU cores Minimum: 12 GB RAM<br> Recommended: 24 GB RAM and up
probe Standard (up to 100 monitors) 4 CPU cores Minimum: 8 GB RAM<br> Recommended: 12 GB RAM
probe Large (up to 200 monitors) Minimum 8 CPU cores Minimum: 12 GB RAM<br> Recommended: 24 GB RAM and up
integrator Standard (up to 10 probes) 4 CPU cores Minimum: 8 GB RAM<br> Recommended: 12 GB RAM
integrator Large (up to 20 probes) Minimum 8 CPU cores Minimum: 12 GB RAM<br> Recommended: 24 GB RAM and up

Packet capture runtime (Sentinel Agent only)

The Sentinel Agent derives its network bandwidth figures from captured packets, so a host that should report bandwidth needs a pcap runtime and the privilege to open it. Nothing is required to install or upgrade the agent itself — this is a runtime dependency only.

Platform Install Privileges
Windows Npcap runtime installer from npcap.com. The SDK is not needed. Administrator / LocalSystem when Npcap was installed with Restrict driver access to Administrators only.
Debian / Ubuntu apt install libpcap0.8 CAP_NET_RAW — run as root, or setcap cap_net_raw+ep <agent binary>.
RHEL / CentOS / Fedora dnf install libpcap, then ln -s /usr/lib64/libpcap.so.1 /usr/lib64/libpcap.so.0.8 Same as above.

Note:

Without it the agent still installs, starts, and collects everything else — CPU, memory, disk, filesystem, processes, and the full network topology map. Only the bandwidth values stay at zero, and the Web UI marks them as not measured rather than idle. See Bandwidth is always zero.

Supported web browsers

Mugnsoft supported the following browsers up to the current version:

  • Chrome/Chromium +56.0.2924
  • Firefox +54
  • Microsoft Edge +version45

Note:

Tests have been performed on this version and upwards of these browser. Older versions of these browsers might be compatible, yet we recommand to upgrade to the latest version when using Mugnsoft and <b>to disable the automatic browser update (to prevent desynchronization between the browser’s version and the webdriver’s version)</b>

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