System Requirements

The Identity Hub can be deployed in an App Service in a Microsoft Azure environment.
It can also be deployed on-premises, on physical servers or on a virtual machine in any public or private cloud (IAAS)

Azure SAAS App Service deployment

App Service

The Identity Hub requires a App Service with two (for failover) Standard S1 server instances. It is recommended to have a Staging and Production slot to facilitate updates with no downtime.

A TLS certificate with matching DNS hostname must be provided to enable a custom domain.

It is recommend to configure the App Service to autoscale.

Azure SQL Server

The Identity Hub requires at a minimum a DTU model Standard S1 or a vCore model Gen5 Azure SQL Server database instance.

Note

The Identity Hub can also work with a SQL Server database that is not hosted on a Azure SQL Server. For requirements see On-premises and Virtual Machine deployment

On-premises and Virtual Machine deployment

Software Requirements

SQL server

Supported:

  • SQL Server 2017 (supported until 11/10/2022)
  • SQL Server 2019 (recommended)

Web Server

SMTP Server

  • Any SMTP server that can be used to send mail from the web server.

Hardware Requirements

SQL Server

  • Minimum: 2GB RAM, CPU: 1 Core
  • Recommended: 4GB RAM, CPU: 2 Core
  • Database size: 1GB

Web Server

  • Minimum: 2GB RAM, CPU: 1 Core
  • Recommended: 4GB RAM, CPU: 2 Core
  • 60 MB for The Identity Hub Application
  • Log directory: 1-10 GB (max size application logging configurable)

Topology

Minimum

  • 1 Web Server (DMZ)
  • SQL Server (LAN)
  • 2 Web Servers in Load Balancing or Failover (DMZ)
  • 1 SQL Server (LAN)

HTTPS/SSL

  • TLS certificate for The Identity Hub IIS Website matching the host header (SHA-256 TLS).
  • TLS 1.2 or later.
  • Non-HTTPS site is not supported.