Requirements for the wwSafe Server and Management Utility

Computer or virtual machine with the Linux Ubuntu Server 12.04.3 LTS (Precise Pangolin). Needed as server host for the wwSafe server and Management Utility. A user with root privileges for Ubuntu is needed to install and configure the server.

Minimum requirements for the computer are as follows:

• Storage—10 MB (for software and logs)
• Memory—2 GB RAM
• CPU—One 32-bit or 64-bit Intel or AMD processor
• Outbound Internet access

• Configured network adapter and known IP address or hostname for the both external (Internet) and internal (enterprise) networks

Note: A web server is installed on Ubuntu by the wwSafe installation script.

Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud storage.

Required for storing the file data users add to wwSafe. One Azure account is used for all wwSafe users. Microsoft Windows Azure SDK for Python is installed by the wwSafe server installation script. Click here to Azure documentation.

Note: How much storage is needed depends on how many users store files in wwSafe and the size of the files they store.

Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003 or 2008 with Active Directory.

Required for user account provisioning. User accounts are mapped from Microsoft Active Directory to wwSafe. Each user has a unique identifier (PUID) that is associated with their Active Directory account and the PassKey they use to authenticate with wwSafe.

A fully qualified domain name (“DN=mydomain,DN=com”) and Active Directory administrator are needed for installation and configuration of the wwSafe server.

Note: If you want to restrict wwSafe access to an Organizational Unit in Active Directory, you can do this during configuration by specifying the name of that unit along with the Active Directory domain name (“CN=Users,DN=mydomain,DN=com”).

A service provider key and certificate from WWPass.

The certificate is needed to authenticate the wwSafe server with WWPass. See obtain a service provider key and certificate.

An TLS (Transport Layer Security) server certificate and key pair TLS for the wwSafe service name, for example, wwsafe.mycompany.com.

Required to secure incoming connections for the wwSafe Server and Management Utility web server. If you do not have a TLS certificate, the server configuration script can create a self-signed certificate for you.

A browser is needed to run the wwSafe Management Utility, authenticate into wwSafe with a PassKey, and activate the PassKey.

Supported browsers are:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 14 to current version
• Google Chrome 20 through 34

WWPass Security Pack

The Security Pack includes software needed to activate and use a PassKey with wwSafe. The pack must be installed on each Windows computer from which the wwSafe Management Utility will be run.