Wanguard 6.2 User Guide
Wanguard Installation
Wanguard Installation
Installing Wanguard does not generate negative side effects on the network's performance. Full installation
and configuration may take less than an hour; after that, the network will be monitored and protected immediately.
No baseline data gathering is required.
Wanguard runs exclusively on Linux platforms. To install and configure the software you need basic Linux
operation skills and at least medium computer networking skills. Contact <[email protected]> if you encounter
software installation issues or if you have questions about the system requirements listed below.
System Requirements
Wanguard 6.2 can be installed on the following 64-bit Linux distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7
(
commercial), CentOS 6 or 7
(
free, Red Hat-based), Debian Linux 6 “Squeeze”, 7 “Wheezy” or 8 “Jessie” (free,
community-supported), Ubuntu 12, 14 or 16
(free, Debian-based). The most tested, thus recommended, Linux
distribution that can be used with Wanguard is CentOS 7.
Wanguard was designed to be completely scalable. It can be installed either on a single server having
adequate hardware resources or on multiple servers distributed across the network.
It is highly recommended to use dedicated servers instead of Virtual Machines, for the following reasons:
➢
Having fast and uninterrupted access to the hard disk is a critical requirement of the Console
➢
The resources must be provisioned in a predictable and timely manner
➢
Some virtualized environments do not have a stable clock source
Importance of
HW resources
CPU Speed
(> GHz/core)
CPU Cores
(> cores)
RAM Size
(> GB)
HDD Size
(> GB)
HDD/SSD Speed
(> Mbytes/s)
Network Adapter
(Vendor, Model)
Console
High
High
High
Very High
Very High
Very Low
Packet Sensor
Very High
High
Medium
Low
Low
Very High
Flow Sensor
Low
Low
High
Medium
High
Very Low
SNMP Sensor
Very Low
Low
Very Low
Very Low
Very Low
Very Low
Sensor Cluster
Medium
Medium
Medium
Very Low
Very Low
Very Low
Packet Filter
Very High
Very High
Medium
Very Low
Very Low
Very High
Flow Filter
Low
Low
High
Very Low
Very Low
Very Low
Filter Cluster
Medium
Medium
High
Very Low
Very Low
Very High
Legend
Very High Importance
High Importance
Medium Importance Low Importance
Very Low Importance
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