Requirements for Alert Logic Log Manager for Amazon Web Services
United States firewall rules
Use the following firewall rules to communicate with the US Data Center.
Appliance inbound
Source | Destination | Protocol | Port | Description |
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0.0.0.0/0 | Appliance | TCP | 80 | Virtual appliance claim only |
204.110.218.96/27 | Appliance | TCP | 22 | Optional and temporary- required for troubleshooting during provisioning only |
204.110.219.96/27 | Appliance | TCP | 22 | Optional and temporary- required for troubleshooting during provisioning only |
208.71.209.32/27 | Appliance | TCP | 22 | Optional and temporary- required for troubleshooting during provisioning only |
Appliance outbound
Source | Destination | Protocol | Port | Description |
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Appliance | 8.8.4.4 | TCP/UDP | 53 | DNS |
Appliance | 8.8.8.8 | TCP/UDP | 53 | DNS |
Appliance | 0.0.0.0/0 | TCP | 80 | Appliance updates |
Appliance | 208.71.209.32/27 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
Appliance | 204.110.218.96/27 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
Appliance | 204.110.219.96/27 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
Appliance | 204.110.219.96/27 | UDP | 123 | NTP, time sync |
Appliance | 208.71.209.32/27 | UDP | 123 | NTP, time sync |
Agent or remote collector outbound rules
Source | Destination | Protocol | Port | Description |
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Source host | 208.71.209.32/27 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
Source host | 204.110.218.96/27 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
Source host | 204.110.219.96/27 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
European Union firewall rules
Use the following firewall rules to communicate with the EU Data Center.
Appliance inbound
Source | Destination | Protocol | Port | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
0.0.0.0/0 | Appliance | TCP | 80 | Virtual appliance claim only |
185.54.124.0/24 | Appliance | TCP | 22 | Optional and temporary- required for troubleshooting during provisioning only |
Appliance outbound
Source | Destination | Protocol | Port | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Appliance | 185.54.124.0/24 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
Appliance | 8.8.8.8 | TCP/UDP | 53 | DNS |
Appliance | 8.8.4.4 | TCP/UDP | 53 | DNS |
Appliance | 0.0.0.0/0 | TCP | 80 | Appliance updates |
Appliance | 185.54.124.0/24 | UDP | 123 | NTP, time sync |
Agent or remote collector outbound rules
Source | Destination | Protocol | Port | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Source host | 185.54.124.0/24 | TCP | 443 | Data transport |
Supported AWS regions
Alert Logic supports the following AWS regions for Log Manager deployments.
AWS Region Name | Region |
---|---|
Africa (Cape Town) | af-south-1 |
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | ap-east-1 |
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | ap-northeast-1 |
Asia Pacific (Seoul) | ap-northeast-2 |
Asia Pacific (Osaka-Local) | ap-northeast-3 |
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | ap-south-1 |
Asia Pacific (Singapore) | ap-southeast-1 |
Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 |
Canada (Central) | ca-central-1 |
Europe (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 |
Europe (Stockholm) | eu-north-1 |
Europe (Milan) | eu-south-1 |
Europe (Ireland) | eu-west-1 |
Europe (London) | eu-west-2 |
Europe (Paris) | eu-west-3 |
Middle East (Bahrain) | me-south-1 |
South America (São Paulo) | sa-east-1 |
US East (N. Virginia) | us-east-1 |
US East (Ohio) | us-east-2 |
US West (N. California) | us-west-1 |
US West (Oregon) | us-west-2 |
Virtual appliance
The following describes the basic requirements to install a virtual appliance:
Components | System Requirements |
---|---|
CPU | 2 cores |
RAM | 2 GB |
Disk space | 1 GB–50 GB |
Supported virtual environment | VMware only |
Log collection support | Syslog via agent or agent-less, Windows and flat-file via agent only |
Encryption | TLS Standard (SSL): 2048-bit key encryption, 256-bit AES bulk encryption |
Note | Not designed to run in a public cloud environment. Use agent-only deployments instead. |
Virtual instance without the agent
The following describes basic requirements to install a virtual instance without the agent:
Components | System Requirements |
---|---|
Virtual CPUs | 2 |
Storage | 20 GB |
Memory | 2 GB |
Virtual Network Interface(s) |
Virtual network interface(s) One interface with DHCP or manual IP addressing for management If access to customer assets are restricted from management interface, an additional interface, internal to the customer environment with static access, is required for scanning. VMWare OVF Tool (for more information see VMware OVF Tool) |
Alert Logic agent
The following table describes the basic requirements to install the agent:
Components | System requirements |
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Operating systems | For Windows users:
For Linux users: Debian (.deb)
Ubuntu (.deb)
CentOS (.rpm)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (.rpm)
SUSE
Amazon Linux The Alert Logic agent can be used in AWS Workspaces in conjunction with a supported operating system. |
Memory | 96 MB of available memory |
Disk space for agent | 30 MB of available disk space |
Disk space for local cache | 500 MB of available disk space |
Packet access | WinPcap 4.1.2 |
CPU Utilization | 1-10% depending on log volume |
RAM | 15 MB minimum |
Disk space | 30 MB minimum |
Log collection support | Windows, Flat File |
Supported environments | Agent-only deployments with virtual and physical appliances, VPC, and Public Clouds |
Encryption | TLS Standard (SSL): 2048-bit key encryption, 256-bit AES bulk encryption |
Log collection frequency | At minimum, every five minutes logs are collected and sent to Alert Logic Cloud |
Host permissions | LocalSystem account has all the necessary permissions by default |
The agent requires DNS access to communicate with the Alert Logic server.
Remote collector
The following describes the basic requirements to install a remote collector:
Components | System Requirements |
---|---|
CPU | 2 cores |
RAM | 2 GB |
Disk space | 10 GB minimum |
Supported Operating Systems | Windows and Linux |
Log collection support | Syslog only via port 1514 |
Encryption | TLS Standard (SSL): 2048-bit key encryption, 256-bit AES bulk encryption |
Log collection frequency | Every five minutes (minimum)- logs collected and sent to Alert Logic Cloud |
Host permissions | LocalSystem account has all the requisite permissions by default |
Operating systems and browser support
The Alert Logic console supports the current version and the previous major version of the following operating systems and browsers:
Operating system support | Browser support |
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Mac, Linux, and Windows | Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer |
Alert Logic cannot guarantee that other browsers and versions will work with its products.