Host Asset Requirements

Before you start installing the Cloud Agent, your host assets must meet the following requirements.

Network Requirements

Your hosts must be able to reach Qualys Cloud Platform or the Qualys Private Cloud Platform over HTTPS port 443. Login to the Qualys Cloud Platform and go to Help > About to see the URL your hosts need to access.

Installation Requirements

Your assets must have root privileges, non-root with Sudo root delegation, or non-root with sufficient privileges (VM license only) to install the Qualys Cloud Agent.

The Cloud Agent should also support proxy configuration. To learn more about proxy configuration, refer to the Cloud Agent Proxy Configuration.

Hardware Requirements

The following are the minimum hardware requirements your systems must meet to install the Cloud Agent.

• Minimum 512 MB RAM system memory.
• Minimum 100 MB of available disk space.

Access Requirements

You need root-level access to install a Cloud Agent on your system. After it is installed, you can configure it to run in a specific user and group context using our configuration tool. This ability limits the level of access to the Cloud Agent. Refer to Cloud Agent Configuration to learn more about the Configuration tool.