System requirements

A summary of the minimum hardware and software required for the machine that runs AppScan® Standard.

For a discussion of technologies used by your site that might affect AppScan’s ability to scan it, see Supported technologies

Hardware requirements

Hardware

Minimum Requirement

Processor

Core 2 Duo 2 GHz (or equivalent)

Memory

4 GB RAM

Disk Space

30 GB

Network

1 NIC 100 Mbps for network communication with configured TCP/IP

Operating system and software requirements

Software

Details

Operating System
Supported operating systems (64-bit editions only):
  • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2016: Standard and Datacenter
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012: Essentials, Standard and Datacenter
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2: Essentials, Standard and Datacenter
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2: Standard and Enterprise, with or without SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 10: Pro and Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1: Pro and Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 8: Standard, Pro and Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 7: Enterprise, Professional and Ultimate, with or without SP1

Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 11

Recommended: Internet Explorer Version 11.0.9600.18537, Update Versions 11.0.38 KB3203621

Other

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2

If using IBM floating or token licenses: Rational® License Key Server 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5

(Optional) Adobe® Flash Player for Internet Explorer is required for Flash execution (and for viewing instructional videos in some of the advisories). Versions 9.0.124.0 up to 14.0.0.125 are supported. Earlier versions are not supported, and some versions may require configuration. For details, see Flash content.

(Optional) Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013 for custom report templates.
Important: Customers without a local license on their machine require a network connection to their license key server when using AppScan.
Important: A personal firewall running on the same computer as AppScan can block communication and result in inaccurate findings and reduced performance. For best results do not run a personal firewall on the computer that runs AppScan.

Glass box server requirements

The glass box scanning feature requires a glass box agent to be installed on the application server. For more details, see Installing the glass box agent.

Java platforms: On Java platforms the following server platforms and technologies are supported.

Software

Details

JRE

Versions 6 and 7 are supported. JRE 8 is not supported.

Operating System
Supported Microsoft Windows systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit editions):
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Supported Linux™ systems:
  • Linux RHEL 5, 6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Supported UNIX™ systems:
  • UNIX AIX® 6.1, 7.1
  • UNIX Solaris (SPARC) 10, 11

Java™ EE container

JBoss AS 6, 7; JBoss EAP 6.1; Tomcat 6.0, 7.0; WebLogic 10, 11, 12; WebSphere 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 8.5.5

.NET platforms: On .NET platforms the following systems and technologies are supported:

Item

Details

Operating System
Supported operating systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit editions):
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Other

Microsoft IIS 7.0 or later

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or 4.5 must be installed, and IIS must be configured at the root level to work with this version of ASP.net
Note: User must have administrator privileges when running the application on the server.
Note: The agent should be installed after the application you want to test is successfully installed on the server.

Cookie usage

Although AppScan tracks cookies set by the application it is scanning, it does not set cookies of its own for authentication or any other purpose.