Step 1: Prerequisites for Installing the AppViewX Windows Gateway

The AppViewX Windows Gateway service is a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service that facilitates secure communication between AppViewX and the Windows server infrastructure.

Software Prerequisites


Name	Description
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022 Windows 10 Windows 11 Refer to the following articles: Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 reaching end of support - Microsoft Lifecycle Windows 8.1 Support End of Life Windows 7 - Microsoft Lifecycle
.NET framework	.NET framework version 4.5.2 is required.
Admin access	Administrator privilege is needed to install AppViewX Windows Gateway.
PowerShell	PowerShell version 4.0 is needed. (Refer to Prerequsisites for Powershell Mode for mode details.)

Hardware Prerequisites

Table 1. Hardware prerequisites
Hardware	Capability
RAM	8 GB
HDD	10 GB
CPU	Intel or AMD processor with 64-bit support, 1.8 GHz or faster processor

Firewall Prerequisites


Component	Port
Default Port communication from AppViewX to a AppViewX Windows Gateway	8999

Refer to the Permissions and Ports (Powershell, WMI, Native) section for more details.

Note:

The firewall must not block the following port and the respective port must open on the Agent.
During the installation of AppViewX Windows Gateway, the default port can be reconfigured. For more details refer Step 3 of the installation process.

Additional Prerequisites

Refer to the General Prerequsistes section for additional prerequisites that can be validated manually or by the AppViewX Windows Gateway Troubleshooting tool provided with the AppViewX Windows Gateway.