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  • BlueXP classification is not supported on a host that is shared with other applications - the host must be a dedicated host.

  • When building the host system in your premises, you can choose among three system sizes depending on the size of the dataset that you plan to have BlueXP classification scan.

    System size CPU RAM (swap memory must be disabled) Disk

    Extra Large

    32 CPUs

    128 GB RAM

    1 TiB SSD on /, or - 100 GiB available on /opt - 895 GiB available on /var/lib/docker - 5 GiB on /tmp

    Large

    16 CPUs

    64 GB RAM

    500 GiB SSD on /, or - 100 GiB available on /opt - 395 GiB available on /var/lib/docker or for Podman /var/lib/containers or for Podman /var/lib/containers - 5 GiB on /tmp

    Medium

    8 CPUs

    32 GB RAM

    200 GiB SSD on /, or - 50 GiB available on /opt - 145 GiB available on /var/lib/docker or for Podman /var/lib/containers - 5 GiB on /tmp

    Small

    8 CPUs

    16 GB RAM

    100 GiB SSD on /, or - 50 GiB available on /opt - 45 GiB available on /var/lib/docker or for Podman /var/lib/containers - 5 GiB on /tmp

    Note that there are limitations when using the smaller systems. See Using a smaller instance type for details.

  • When deploying a compute instance in the cloud for your BlueXP classification installation, we recommend a system that meets the "Large" system requirements above:

  • UNIX folder permissions: The following minimum UNIX permissions are required:

    Folder Minimum Permissions

    /tmp

    rwxrwxrwt

    /opt

    rwxr-xr-x

    /var/lib/docker

    rwx------

    /usr/lib/systemd/system

    rwxr-xr-x

  • Operating system:

    • The following operating systems require using the Docker container engine:

      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.8 and 7.9

      • CentOS version 7.8 and 7.9

      • Ubuntu 22.04 (requires BlueXP classification version 1.23 or greater)

    • The following operating systems require using the Podman container engine, and they require BlueXP classification version 1.30 or greater:

      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8.8, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3

        Note that the following features are not currently supported when using RHEL 8.x and RHEL 9.x:

        • Installation in a dark site

        • Distributed scanning; using a master scanner node and remote scanner nodes

  • Red Hat Subscription Management: The host must be registered with Red Hat Subscription Management. If it’s not registered, the system can’t access repositories to update required 3rd-party software during installation.

  • Additional software: You must install the following software on the host before you install BlueXP classification:

    • Depending on the OS you are using, you’ll need to install one of the container engines:

      • Docker Engine version 19.3.1 or greater. View installation instructions.

        Watch this video for a quick demo of installing Docker on CentOS.

      • Podman version 4 or greater. To install Podman, update your system packages (sudo yum update -y), and then install Podman (sudo yum install netavark -y).

  • Python version 3.6 or greater. View installation instructions.

    • NTP considerations: NetApp recommends configuring the BlueXP classification system to use a Network Time Protocol (NTP) service. The time must be synchronized between the BlueXP classification system and the BlueXP Connector system.