System Requirements

Operating system and hardware requirements

Please confirm that your system meets the minimum requirements listed below before installing MetaDefender ICAP Server.

Only 64-bit platforms are supported.

Operating Systems

  • CentOS 7.x, 8.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.x
  • Debian 9.x, 10.x, 11.x
  • Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04
  • Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019 or newer (64 bit)

Hardware Requirements

  • RAM: min. 2 GB
  • SSD: 2 GB + ~500MB * [number of managed scan engines]

For performance reasons it is not recommended to use a HDD in place of an SSD.

If MetaDefender Core or any other system is installed on the same physical machine as MetaDefender ICAP Server then the additional systems' hardware requirements need also be taken into consideration.

Other software requirements

MetaDefender Core Version Compatibility Matrix

MetaDefender ICAP ServerMetaDefender Core
4.0.04.7.0+
4.1.04.8.0+
4.2.0+4.8.2+

The following scan engines must be active:

Scan engineVersion
Data sanitization5.0.2-6+
At least one of the available anti-malware enginesN/A

Security rules

Under Policy > Security rules on Core, security rules – that are used by MetaDefender ICAP Server's security rules: ** **

Enable Visibility of scan result (recommended):

RoleVisibility
EverybodyFULL DETAILS

Without this visibility ICAP Server can still work, but certain details may not be visible within the UI.

Browser Requirements

One of the following desktop browsers is suggested to view the MetaDefender ICAP Server's UI:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Microsoft Edge

Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge browsers are tested with the latest available version at the time of release. Microsoft IE is no longer supported (replaced by Microsoft Edge).

Mobile layouts are not supported.

Additional installation of Windows services

NameService NameOptional
MetaDefender ICAP ServermdicapsrvREQUIRED

Ports that must be available

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