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Installation Guide I: System Requirements

Silverback Server

Hardware 

  • 64 Bit CPU, 2.6 GHz Xeon or faster
  • 8GB RAM
  • 10GB of free disk space
  • SCSI or SAS speed disks or equivalent SAS
  • 1GB Network Interface Cards

Operating System

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022
  • The server must exist in the same LAN as the SQL Server. 10ms latency minimum is required to the SQL Server
  • The same date and time as the Silverback SQL Database Server
  • The server must be configured for English (United States) language, date and time settings (How-To) 
  • Executed Hardening Script for enabling and disabling appropriate for Protocols & Cipher

Roles and Features

Silverback requires the following Roles and Features:

Try our PowerShell script for Roles and Features Installation: Knowledge Base 

  Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016
Server Roles
  • Web Server (IIS)
  • Web Server (IIS)
  • Web Server (IIS)
Features
  • .NET Framework 4.8 Features
    • .NET Framework 4.8
    • ASP.NET 4.8
    • WCF Services
      • TCP Port Sharing
  • .NET Framework 4.7 Features
    • .NET Framework 4.7
    • ASP.NET 4.7
    • WCF Services
      • TCP Port Sharing
  • .NET Framework 4.6 Features
    • .NET Framework 4.6
    • ASP.NET 4.6
    • WCF Services
      • TCP Port Sharing

Web Server Role (IIS)

Role Services

  • Common HTTP Features
    • Default Document
    • Directory Browsing
    • HTTP Errors
    • Static Content
    • HTTP Redirection
  • Health and Diagnostics
    • HTTP Logging
  • Performance
    • Static Content Compression
  • Security
    • Request Filtering
  • Application Development
    • .NET Extensibility 4.8
    • ASP.NET 4.8
    • ISAPI Extensions
    • ISAPI Filters
    • WebSocket Protocol
  • Management Tools
    • IIS Management Console
  • Common HTTP Features
    • Default Document
    • Directory Browsing
    • HTTP Errors
    • Static Content
    • HTTP Redirection
  • Health and Diagnostics
    • HTTP Logging
  • Performance
    • Static Content Compression
  • Security
    • Request Filtering
  • Application Development
    • .NET Extensibility 4.7
    • ASP.NET 4.7
    • ISAPI Extensions
    • ISAPI Filters
    • WebSocket Protocol
  • Management Tools
    • IIS Management Console
  • Common HTTP Features
    • Default Document
    • Directory Browsing
    • HTTP Errors
    • Static Content
    • HTTP Redirection
  • Health and Diagnostics
    • HTTP Logging
  • Performance
    • Static Content Compression
  • Security
    • Request Filtering
  • Application Development
    • .NET Extensibility 4.6
    • ASP.NET 4.6
    • ISAPI Extensions
    • ISAPI Filters
    • WebSocket Protocol
  • Management Tools
    • IIS Management Console

Additional Software

Open File Explorer and Browse the following path: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework, Enter the folder with the latest version – for example, v4.0.30319. and Right-click any of the ".dll" files and select the Properties option. Click the Details tab. Under the "Product version" section, confirm the version of .NET is not lower than 4.7.2

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Ensure to install the ASP.NET Core Runtime Windows Hosting Bundle from the .NET Core Major Version 6.0. Newer versions, e.g. starting with 7.X.X are not supported

Browsers

Access to Silverback for End Users, Help Desk and System Administrators is via a web-based console. Supported browsers are:

  • Google Chrome (recommended)
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Internet Explorer 11

To provision a device, users must have access to the Silverback Self Service Portal. If a web proxy processes the user’s web traffic, then ensure the proxy server can serve the Self Service Portal. If this is not possible, proxy server exclusions must be set to allow direct access to the site.

Supported Devices

  • Android 8.0 or higher
  • iOS 12.0 or higher
  • iPadOS 13.0 or higher
  • tvOS 12.0 or higher
  • Windows 11 21H2 or higher
  • Windows 10 1803 or higher
  • macOS Sierra or higher
  • ChromeOS 69 or higher 

Accounts & Groups

Accounts

The following accounts are needed:

Type Minimum Rights Purpose Required
Domain Account Local Administrator  Install Silverback mandatory
SQL Account

db_creator Role

db_owner Role

Install Silverback Database with SQL Server Authentication

Upgrade Silverback Database with SQL Server Authentication

mandatory (for SQL Server)
Azure SQL Account

db_owner Role

Upgrade Silverback Database with SQL Server Authentication.

Please refer to Contained user access for additional information

mandatory (for Azure SQL)

 With Azure SQL, the database creation itself is not part of the Silverback installation and the database should be already present.

Service Account Read permission to Active Directory LDAP Lookups optional

Groups 

The following groups are required. The Silverback Mobile Device Manager groups contains either the Active Directory Computer Object of the Silverback or Cloud Connector Server. The second Silverback Enterprise Device Management group contains the group Silverback Mobile Device Manager and consequently also the computer object of the Silverback or Cloud Connector server.

Type Name Purpose Included
Global Security Group Silverback Mobile Device Manager

Install Silverback Database with Windows Authentication 

Upgrade Silverback Database with Windows Authentication

Certificate Distribution

 

For on-premise installations: SilverbackComputerAccount$

For cloud customers: CloudConnectorComputerAccount$

Domain local Security Group

with delegated Read permissions to Active Directory

Silverback Enterprise Device Management

Install Silverback Database with Windows Authentication 

Update Silverback Database with Windows Authentication

Certificate Distribution

Silverback Mobile Device Manager Global Security Group

SQL Server

Hardware

10GB of space per 1000 devices – This will change depending on individual requirements for logging and data retention.

Software

For Azure SQL, ensure that the Database Name does not contain a "-". 

  • Database Compatibility Level must be 100 for SQL Server 2012 to 2022 and for Azure SQL 150
    • This is set by the script on the Silverback database automatically
  • Server/Instance collation must be either
    • Windows Collation or
      • Latin_General_CI_AS
      • Latin1_General_CI_AS
    • SQL Collation
      • SQL_Latin_General_CP1_CI_AS
      • SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
  • Database Collation must be set to:
    • Latin1_General_CI_AS
    • This is set by the script on the Silverback database automatically

SQL Account Permissions

Please review all SQL Account Permissions for On-Premise SQL and Azure SQL below:

Azure SQL

SQL Server

  • SQL Account with db_creator permissions  to create the SQL Database 
  • SQL Account with db_owner permissions for database upgrades (optional)

You can downgrade your permissions from db_creator to db_owner after the initial Silverback installation

Database

Silverback will create and configure its database during the Installation.

The following values can be specified.

  • Use Azure SQL
  • Data Server Address
  • Failover Database Server Address
  • Database Name
  • Authentication Method 
  • Username
  • Password

For an Azure SQL hosted database ensure that your Silverback Server is able to establish a remote connection to the cloud hosted database   

Firewall Rules

Source (from) Destination (to) Port Protocol
General
Silverback Server SQL Server or Azure SQL 1433/tcp
Silverback Server Domain Controller 389,636/tcp
Silverback Server Certification Authority 389,443/tcp
Silverback Server Certification Authority Random Port above 1023 /tcp (DCOM/RPC)
Silverback Server Exchange Server (for Exchange Protection) 443/tcp, 5985/tcp
Reverse Proxy Silverback Server 443/tcp
Devices Silverback Server or Reverse Proxy 443/tcp
SMTP
Silverback Server SMTP Server / Provider 25/tcp
Silverback Server SMTP Server / Provider 587/tcp
Apple
Silverback Server Addressblock: 17.0.0.0/8 (internet) 443/tcp, 2195/tcp
Silverback Server api.push.apple.com 443/tcp
Silverback Server mdmenrollment.apple.com 443/tcp, 2195/tcp
Silverback Server vpp.itunes.apple.com  443/tcp, 2195/tcp,
Silverback Server itunes.apple.com 443/tcp, 80/tcp
Devices  Addressblock: 17.0.0.0/8 (internet) 5223/tcp
Devices api.push.apple.com 443/tcp
For additional information, see Use Apple products on enterprise networks and TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products
Google Android Enterprise
Silverback Server Please review Android Enterprise Network Requirements for Consoles.  443/tcp, 5228/tcp , 5229/tcp, 5230/tcp 
Devices Please review Android Enterprise Network Requirements for Devices 443/tcp, 5228/tcp , 5229/tcp, 5230/tcp 
For additional information, see Android Enterprise Network Requirements and FCM Ports and your firewall
Samsung    
Devices (Global Load Balancers) gslb.secb2b.com (EMEA & America)
china-gslb.secb2b.com.cn (China)
443/tcp
Devices (Knox License Management) eu-prod-klm.secb2b.com (EMEA)
eu-prod-klm-b2c.secb2b.com (EMEA)
us-prod-klm.secb2b.com (America)
china-gslb.secb2b.com.cn (China)
china-b2c-klm.secb2b.com.cn (China)
443/tcp
For additional information, see KME Firewall exceptions
Matrix42
Silverback Server mobile.matrix42.com 443/tcp
Silverback Server accounts.matrix42.com 443/tcp
Silverback Server pa.cloud.matrix42.com 443/tcp
Microsoft
Silverback Server *.wns.windows.com 443/tcp
Silverback Server *.notify.windows.com 443/tcp
Silverback Server login.live.com 443/tcp
Devices *.wns.windows.com 443/tcp
Devices *.notify.windows.com 443/tcp
Devices login.live.com 443/tcp
For additional information, see Enterprise Firewall Configurations to Support WNS Traffic
SMS Provider
Silverback Server rest.messagebird.com
apiaerialink.net
secure.redcoal.net
443/tcp

Servers & Network

Bandwidth

We recommend at least 100Mbps network connections, with latency under 10ms between all internal systems

Domain and Forest Level

  • Silverback support the following Domain and Forest Level:
    • Windows Server 2003
    • Windows Server 2008
    • Windows Server 2008 R2
    • Windows Server 2012 R2
    • Windows Server 2016

DNS

As Silverback requires devices to connect via DNS, appropriate DNS entries must be setup for your server.

DNS Name

  • Internally and externally the DNS name must be the same, so devices can resolve the server address inside your network and outside. 
  • A forwarding from an external DNS name to a different internal name will result in an invalid request message from the Secure Token Service.
  • For example: silverback.imagoverum.com

Android & Companion

For Android Based devices, a DNS SRV record lookup is performed to find the server based on the username entered in the client. If the user enters e.g. tim.tober@imagoverum.com , then a SRV service record lookup is performed against “imagoverum.com” for the _silverback SRV record.

The SRV record should be setup like this:

Service _silverback
Protocol _tcp
Priority 0
Weight 0
Port Number 443
Target or Service Hoster e.g. silverback.imagoverum.com

Windows 10/11

For user initiated enrollments through the Self Service Portal, an internal and a public Alias for the Enterprise Enrollment should be set to target your Silverback Server. This will prevent to enter the Silverback Server Address manually through the Enrollment Process. 

Type Alias (CNAME)
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) e.g. EnterpriseEnrollment.imagoverum.com
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for target host e.g. silverback.imagoverum.com

SSL

Silverback utilizes device management protocols that require an established trust relationship between the device and server. This allows the server to provision and manage your mobile fleet securely. The Silverback web service requires a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority trusted by the devices. The certificate must also match the DNS Name outlined in Section DNS Setup. The Silverback Website Certificate is a core requirement for Silverback to function, please have the PFX/P12 Certificate Bundle available for the installation.

A full list of iOS trusted Certificate Authorities is available at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5012.

Web Proxy

Silverback is web based. Take it into consideration if there are any corporate web proxies in your network. If your end users are using a web proxy to browse the internet, then an appropriate configuration is needed to allow Silverback to function effectively:

  • Ensure that each web browser (that has a proxy set) has an exclusion set for the Silverback server URL outlined in section DNS Setup.
  • Configure each web proxy to allow traffic destined for the Silverback server to reach its destination unaltered.
  • Ensure that any devices connected to Wi-Fi have access to the Apple push network, as outlined in Firewall Rules.
  • Ensure that any Android devices enrolled in Silverback are able to access FCM, as outlined in Firewall Rules.

Reverse Proxy

If you are utilizing a reverse proxy, it is important to pass through the Client Request Headers, so that the backend can process the client. Additionally you need to ensure that the certificate chain is completed and fully trusted. As an example on the Sophos UTM Web Application it is required to enable the control "Pass host header" under the advanced configuration and to upload each trusted certificate from the trusted certificate chain in a *.pem format to the Certificate Authority section. If you are using the Microsoft Web Application Proxy publish a new Web Application with a Pass-through configuration.  

Use the DigiCert® SSL Installation Diagnostics Tool to perform a SSL Certificate Check and validate the TLS chain.

SMTP

Silverback will notify administrators about key events in the system if configured to do so. The SMTP Server details are required for alerts. The SMTP Server must allow anonymous relay within the company domain.

Active Sync

Silverback is used to manage deployment of Exchange ActiveSync client configurations. Ensure your Exchange ActiveSync is currently configured and in a working state. 

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