Requirements for the virtual infrastructure
January 10, 2024
ID 175610
Installation and operation of Kaspersky Security application is supported on the following virtualization platforms:
- Microsoft Hyper-V platform.
To install and run Kaspersky Security in the virtual infrastructure, one of the following hypervisors must be installed:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V (Desktop experience/Core) hypervisor
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V (Desktop experience/Core) hypervisor with all available updates
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V (Desktop experience/Core) hypervisor with all available updates
The application can be installed and run on Microsoft Windows Server (Hyper-V) hypervisors that are part of a hypervisor cluster managed by the Windows Failover Clustering service. Cluster Shared Volumes technology must be enabled on cluster nodes.
To deploy SVMs on Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V hypervisors, you can use a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (referred to as Microsoft SCVMM) of one of the following versions:
- Microsoft SCVMM 2019 with the latest updates
- Microsoft SCVMM 2016 with the latest updates
- Microsoft SCVMM 2012 R2 with the latest updates
- Citrix Hypervisor platform.
For Kaspersky Security to install and run in the virtual infrastructure, Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 LTSR hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure.
- VMware vSphere platform.
To install and run Kaspersky Security in the virtual infrastructure, one of the following hypervisors must be installed:
- VMware ESXi 8.0 hypervisor with the latest updates
- VMware ESXi 7.0 hypervisor with the latest updates
- VMware ESXi 6.7 hypervisor with the latest updates
- VMware ESXi 6.5 hypervisor with the latest updates
VMware vCenter Server 8.0, VMware vCenter Server 7.0, VMware vCenter Server 6.7, or VMware vCenter Server 6.5 virtual infrastructure administration server with all available updates must be installed in virtual infrastructure. There is support for the installation and operation of the application in an infrastructure managed by standalone VMware vCenter servers and by a group of VMware vCenter servers running in Linked mode.
If you are using VMware NSX Manager in an infrastructure running the VMware vSphere platform, Kaspersky Security can assign security tags to the protected virtual machines. Kaspersky Security supports compatibility with one of the following types of VMware NSX Manager:
- VMware NSX-V Manager from VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.6 package.
- VMware NSX-T Manager from VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.0.0 package.
- VMware NSX-T Manager from VMware NSX-T Data Center 2.5.1 package.
Simultaneous use of VMware NSX-V Manager and VMware NSX-T Manager for the same VMware vCenter Server is not supported.
To deploy SVMs on VMware ESXi hypervisors, you can use a Microsoft SCVMM virtual infrastructure administration server of one of the following versions:
- Microsoft SCVMM 2019 with the latest updates
- Microsoft SCVMM 2016 with the latest updates
- Microsoft SCVMM 2012 R2 with the latest updates
- KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) platform.
For Kaspersky Security to install and run in the virtual infrastructure, KVM hypervisor based on one of the following operating systems must be installed:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.9.
- CentOS 7.9.
To deploy an SVM on KVM hypervisors running the CentOS operating system, you must delete or comment out the "Defaults requiretty" line in the /etc/sudoers configuration file of the hypervisor’s operating system.
If you are using VMware NSX-T Manager in an infrastructure running the KVM platform, Kaspersky Security can assign security tags to the protected virtual machines. Kaspersky Security supports compatibility with one of the following versions of VMware NSX-T Manager:
- VMware NSX-T Manager from VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.0.0 package.
- VMware NSX-T Manager from VMware NSX-T Data Center 2.5.1 package.
- Proxmox VE platform.
To install and run Kaspersky Security in the virtual infrastructure, one of the following hypervisors must be installed:
- Proxmox VE 6.4 hypervisor
- Proxmox VE 6.3 hypervisor
Only KVM-based Proxmox VE is supported. Operation of the application on a Proxmox VE hypervisor using LXC (Linux Containers) is not supported.
- Skala-R platform.
R-Virtualization hypervisor 7.0.13 must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
Skala-R Management 1.93 virtual infrastructure administration server must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support deployment and operation of an SVM on R-Virtualization hypervisors.
- HUAWEI FusionSphere platform.
HUAWEI FusionCompute CNA hypervisor 8.0 and later must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
HUAWEI FusionCompute VRM 8.0 and later virtual infrastructure administration server must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support deployment and operation of an SVM on HUAWEI FusionCompute CNA hypervisors.
- Nutanix Acropolis platform.
Nutanix AHV 5.19.1 hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
Nutanix Prism 5.19.1 and later virtual infrastructure administration server must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support deployment and operation of an SVM on Nutanix AHV hypervisors.
- Enterprise Cloud Platform VeiL platform.
A VeiL Node 5.1.2 hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
There are some limitations on the installation and operation of the application in a virtual infrastructure running the Enterprise Cloud Platform VeiL platform. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
- SharxBase platform.
SharxBase 5.10.x hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
There are some limitations on the installation and operation of the application in the SharxBase virtual infrastructure. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
- TIONIX Cloud Platform.
For Kaspersky Security to install and run, one of the following TIONIX Cloud Platform versions must be installed: 2.8, 2.9 or 3.0.
The following microservices must be installed as part of the TIONIX Cloud Platform:
- Keystone – authentication microservice.
- Compute (Nova) – microservice used for creating virtual machine and operations with infrastructure.
- Cinder – microservice used for operations with storages.
- Glance – microservice used for operations with virtual machine images.
- Neutron – microservice used for operations with networks.
A KVM hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure.
- OpenStack platform.
For Kaspersky Security to install and run, one of the following OpenStack platform releases must be installed: Stein, Victoria, Wallaby or Xena.
The following microservices must be installed as part of the OpenStack platform:
- Keystone – authentication microservice.
- Compute (Nova) – microservice used for creating virtual machine and operations with infrastructure.
- Cinder – microservice used for operations with storages.
- Glance – microservice used for operations with virtual machine images.
- Neutron – microservice used for operations with networks.
A KVM hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure.
- ALT Virtualization Server.
The ALT Virtualization Server version 10.0 platform is required for installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
A basic hypervisor of the ALT Virtualization Server 10.0 platform (KVM-based hypervisor) must be installed as part of the platform.
- Brest Virtualization Software Platform.
Brest Virtualization Software Platform version 2.9 or 3.2 is required for installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
A KVM hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure.
There are some limitations on the installation and operation of the application in a virtual infrastructure running on the Brest Virtualization Software Platform. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
- zVirt virtualization environment.
A zVirt Node 3.x and 4.x hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure to support installation and operation of Kaspersky Security.
There are some limitations on the installation and operation of the application in a virtual infrastructure running the zVirt Virtualization Environment. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
- ROSA Virtualization Environment Management System Platform.
ROSA Virtualization Environment Management System Platform version 2.1 is required for installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
A KVM hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure.
There are some limitations on the installation and operation of the application in a virtual infrastructure running on the ROSA Virtualization Environment Management System Platform. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
You can remove the limitations related to use of the Integration Server in a virtual infrastructure running on the ROSA Virtualization Environment Management System Platform. If you want to use the extended functionality for SVM discovery by Light Agents (use the Integration Server and the advanced SVM selection algorithm), you can manually add infrastructure information to the Integration Server. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
- RED Virtualization platform.
RED Virtualization platform version 7.3 is required for installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application.
A KVM hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure.
There are some limitations when installing and operating the application in a virtual infrastructure running the RED Virtualization platform. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
- Astra Linux Platform.
Installation and operation of Kaspersky Security requires Astra Linux Special Edition RUSB.10015-01 (regular update 1.7) with Update 2022-1221SE17MD installed (operational update 1.7.3.UU.1).
A KVM hypervisor must be installed in the virtual infrastructure.
- SpaceVM Cloud Platform.
SpaceVM Cloud Platform 6.2 required for installation and operation of the Kaspersky Security application in the virtual infrastructure.
There are some limitations on the installation and operation of the application in the virtual infrastructure on SpaceVM Cloud Platform. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for details.
