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Quick Start Introduction

This guide section is designed to assist with small evaluation installations of Ivanti Insight. For this guide section , it is assumed that the administrator configuring the environment has access to the virtual infrastructure, as well as the network information required for configuration.

Insight can run on endpoints that do not have any Ivanti components installed. However, configuration can be simplified by using Ivanti Management Center and Environment Manager.

As this guide section is designed for an evaluation and we will be bypassing SSL certificates for simplicity, it is not recommended to use in a production environment.

View and download the Insight Evaluation Quick Start guide.

Technical Overview

The Ivanti Insight product is built on Linux FreeBSD, and is distributed as a virtual appliance (OVF), supporting the VMware ESXi, and Microsoft Hyper-V platforms. The following diagram shows an overview of the architecture:

Prerequisites

• You have downloaded the Insight Appliance, the latest patches, and the corresponding agents for your endpoints. Use the following link - an account is required: https://community.ivanti.com/docs/DOC-46894
• You have an evaluation key for Insight. If you require one, please contact your Ivanti representative.
• You are using one of the following hypervisors - Insight cannot be installed on a physical server OS:
  • VMware ESXi versions 5.5 to 6.0
  • Hyper-V 2012 R2 and later
• Your virtual appliance has a minimum of 4GB RAM and 4vCPUs, and 50GB of disk space.

The Insight appliance, with install, requires 1TB of disk space. Howeverm this is thin provisioned, meaning it will grow into that, utilizing only the space it’s consuming at the time up until that point. Typically, the majority of evaluation environments utilize up to 50GB.