Requirements for Kaspersky Security Center components

To install and manage the Kaspersky Security solution, you need Kaspersky Security Center Windows or Kaspersky Security Center Linux.

You can use one of the following versions of the Kaspersky Security Center application:

• Kaspersky Security Center Linux:
  • Kaspersky Security Center 15.4 Linux. Components of the Kaspersky Security solution can be managed through Kaspersky Security Center Web Console using the management web plug-in.
  • Kaspersky Security Center 15.3 Linux. Components of the Kaspersky Security solution can be managed through Kaspersky Security Center Web Console using the management web plug-in.
  • Kaspersky Security Center 15.2 Linux. Components of the Kaspersky Security solution can be managed through Kaspersky Security Center Web Console using the management web plug-in.
• Kaspersky Security Center Windows:
  • Kaspersky Security Center 15.1 Windows. Components of the Kaspersky Security solution can be managed through Administration Console using the management MMC plug-in and through Kaspersky Security Center Web Console using the management web plug-in.
  • Kaspersky Security Center 14.2 Windows. Components of the Kaspersky Security solution can be managed through Administration Console using the management MMC plug-in and through Kaspersky Security Center Web Console using the management web plug-in.

The operation of Kaspersky Security requires the following Kaspersky Security Center components:

• Administration Server.

  The following services must be configured on Administration Server:

  • The proxy activation service is used when activating the Kaspersky Security solution. The activation proxy service is configured in the properties of the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server. If the activation proxy service is disabled, the solution cannot be activated using an activation code.
  • The KSN Proxy service facilitates data exchange between Kaspersky Security solution components and Kaspersky Security Network. The KSN Proxy service is configured in the properties of the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server.

  For more detailed information about the activation proxy service and KSN Proxy service, please refer to the Kaspersky Security Center help.

• Network Agent. Network Agent facilitates interaction between Administration Server and virtual machines on which Kaspersky Security solution components are installed.

  Network Agent must be installed on SVMs and all virtual machines that you want to protect.

• Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console. Regardless of the version of Kaspersky Security Center, you can use Kaspersky Security Center Web Console (hereinafter also referred to as "Web Console"). To interact with Kaspersky Security Center Windows, you can also use the MMC-based Administration Console (hereinafter also referred to as "Administration Console").

For information on installing Kaspersky Security Center components, please refer to the Kaspersky Security Center help.

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