System requirements

Learn more about the prerequisites and system requirements for BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) service.

Table 1. Prerequisites and system requirements for IVR service
Hardware requirements
CPU	minimum 2 cores (recommended 4)
RAM	On top of host OS requirements: < 1M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 16GB < 2M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 32GB < 3M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 48GB < 4M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 64GB
Disc space	< 1M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 4GB - 8GB preferred < 2M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 8GB - 12GB preferred < 3M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 12GB - 16GB preferred < 4M Findings from Vulnerability Management Product = 16GB - 20GB preferred
Execution Time	The overall run time of data synchronization and processing depends on: CPU Speed Number of findings Number of assets in insights Number of patch sites loaded within the BFE environment API latency Conflicting workloads on IVR machine
Software requirements
BigFix Component Requirements	BigFix Insights WebUI App (v6) (minimum)
Prerequisites	Microsoft VC++ Redistributable package 2012 https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=30679 Microsoft® ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server® https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56567 Note: The Fixlet will attempt to deploy the pre-requisites automatically.
Operating system	Microsoft Windows 2016 Microsoft Windows 2019
Supported BigFix versions	Windows - based BigFix Server, Version 10 Note: BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation does not currently support non-Windows-based BigFix Server environments.
BigFix License Requirements	BigFix Lifecycle BigFix Compliance BigFix Remediate
Supported Vulnerability Management Platforms	Qualys VMDR v2 REST API: https://www.qualys.com/docs/qualys-api-vmpc-user-guide.pdf Tenable.SC versions from 5.17 up to 6.4 Tenable.IO Note: It is required to use Administrator user role within Tenable to enable the generation of API keys that are used by IVR to maintain the interface with Tenable.
BI tool	Power BI Desktop/Server, 2021 + (Rec. May 2021) Note: Microsoft offers two distinct products called Power BI desktop. Use the one that is optimized for Power BI Report Server: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56723 Tableau Desktop/Server, 2020.4 +
Network requirements	Connectivity to Vulnerability Management API Server URL (port 443 by default) Connectivity to BigFix Insights SQL database (port 1433 by default) Note: IVR now supports proxy-based connectivity. Refer to the link for more information. By default WebUI IVR app listens on port 52318. It can be changed in the WebUI application configuration file with _WebUIAppEnv_INSIGHT_BROKER_PORT setting.
System limitations	Only one source of vulnerability data for automatic ingestion is supported for a given BigFix Insights instance A single BigFix WebUI instance can manage only one BigFix Insights database.

Table 2. Prerequisites and system requirements for Qualys Vulnerability Management
Prerequisites	Operating system	Hardware	Configuration	BigFix Service Account	Supported BigFix versions	Supported Qualys versions	Supported BI tools	Recommendations
Microsoft VC++ Redistributable package 2012. Install it from the Microsoft website. Microsoft® ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server®. Install it from the Microsoft website. BigFix Insights	Microsoft Windows 2016  Microsoft Windows 2019	4-8 Cores  4-8 GB RAM			BigFix Server version 10 with Insights BigFix Lifecycle or BigFix Compliance Microsoft SQL Server 2017	VMDR Module	Power BI Desktop/Server, 2019 + Tableau Desktop/Server, 2019.2 +