System Requirements | ManageEngine OS Deployer
The system requirements for using OS Deployer include the following:
- Hardware requirements for OS Deployer Server, OS Deployer Agent, SQL server and Distribution Server
- Network requirements such as Network Card Speed.
- Hardware requirements for Secure Gateway Server
- Supported Operating Systems for OS Deployer Server, Agent and Distribution Server
- Supported Browsers
- Supported Database
- Supported Web Servers
Hardware requirements
To perform imaging & deployment, the target computer should have the minimum RAM size of 2 GB.
| Server | Parameter | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| OS Deployer Server | Processor information | Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache) |
| RAM size | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk space | 5 GB* | |
| Distribution Server | Processor Information | Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache |
| RAM size | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk space | 6 GB** | |
| Network requirement | Network card speed | Minimum 1 GBPS Network Interface Card (NIC) |
| SQL Server | Processor information | Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache) |
| RAM size | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk space | 5 GB* | |
| Edition | Standard/Enterprise |
* May increase depending on the frequency of imaging and deployment
** May increase depending on the number of image deployments performed
Software Requirements
This section gives you information about the software requirements for OS Deployer Server, Agent and Distribution Server.
For OS Deployer Server & Distribution Servers
You can install OS Deployer Server & Distribution Servers on any of these Windows operating system versions:
- Windows 7 (supported for Distribution Server only)
- Windows 8 (supported for Distribution Server only)
- Windows 8.1 (supported for Distribution Server only)
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Windows Server 2008 R2* (supported for Distribution Server only)
- Windows Server 2012* (supported for Distribution Server only)
- Windows Server 2012 R2* (supported for Distribution Server only)
- Windows Server 2016*
- Windows Server 2019*
- Windows Server 2022*
- Windows Server 2025*
* - recommended for managing 5000 or more endpoints.
For OS Deployer Agents
You can use OS Deployer to manage the computers running on the below mentioned operating system.
Windows OS Windows Server OS Windows 11 Windows Server 2025 Windows 10 Windows Server 2022 Windows 8.1 (#) Windows Server 2019 Windows 8 (#) Windows Server 2016 Windows 7 (#) Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 (#)
You are required to install any of the following browsers on your computer to access the OS Deployer console:
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Zoho Ulaa
Note: The screen resolution should be 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher.
OS Deployer supports the following databases:
- PGSQL
- MSSQL
- SQL Server 2022
- SQL Server 2019
- SQL Server 2017
- SQL Server 2016
Note: OS Deployer supports the aforementioned SQL Server versions in AWS as well.
OS Deployer uses the following web servers:
- Nginx(for static file services)
- Tomcat (for application related services)
From OS Deployer version 11.2.2330.1:
OS Deployer and Secure Gateway Server support TLS version 1.2 by default. However, you have the option to enable the older TLS versions (TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1) from the Security Settings page.Prior to OS Deployer version 11.2.2330.1:
OS Deployer and Secure Gateway Server support TLS versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 by default. However, you have the option to disable the older TLS versions (TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1) from the Security Settings page.
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