Installation Overview

Cortex XSOAR 6.13 installation overview for single server, multi-tenant, BoltDB, Elasticsearch, and high availability deployments.

This document provides instructions and information for installing Cortex XSOAR.

Before installing, review the following and determine the type of installation to perform based on your requirements:

• Deployment

  • Single server deployment are designed for small and mid-sized customers and provides an all-in-one XSOAR experience.
  • Multi-tenant deployments are designed for MSSPs (managed security service providers) and enterprises that require strict data segregation, but also need the flexibility to share and manage critical security practices across tenant accounts.
• Database

  Select the database based on your predicted data usage.

  • For the Bolt database, we recommend a limit of 1 million indicators for the development environment and 5-7 million indicators for the production environment. If you will exceed this limit, we recommend using Elasticsearch.
  • If you have a High Availability deployment requirement, you must use Elasticsearch.

The following shows the key differences in the different Cortex XSOAR installation architectures. Additional information for these architectures can be found in the reference links in the last row of the table.

	Standalone	Multi-Tenant	High Availability
Audience	Small and mid-sized customers.	Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) or similar.	Customers with high demand in availability.
Benefits	Provides an all-in-one Cortex XSOAR experience.	Segregation of data per tenant combined with central management.	Maximized availability.
Database	Bolt database or Elasticsearch.	Bolt database or Elasticsearch.	Elasticsearch.
Operating System	RedHat Centos Ubuntu Oracle Linux	RedHat Centos Ubuntu Oracle Linux	RedHat Centos Ubuntu Oracle Linux
Requirements	One server with: 16 CPU 32GB RAM 1TB SSD storage	Main server and each tenant server with: 16 CPU 32GB RAM 1TB SSD storage	Each app server with the following and a 3 node Elasticsearch cluster: 16 CPU 32GB RAM 500 GB SSD with minimum 3k dedicated IOPS
Limitations	Recommendation for Bolt database: 1 million indicators for the development environment and 5-7 million indicators for the production environment. If you will have more indicators, we recommend using Elasticsearch.	Recommendation for Bolt database: 1 million indicators for the development environment and 5-7 million indicators for the production environment. If you will have more indicators, we recommend using Elasticsearch.	Remote repositories is not supported in Dev environments. Cannot be configured with Bolt database, only with Elasticsearch. Requires a shared file system for storing artifacts.
Performance	Bolt database - 1,384 incidents per hour. Elasticsearch - 1,679 incidents per hour.	---	5,686 incidents per hour (based on 4 app servers).
Additional Information	Single Server Installation Overview	Multi-Tenant Installation Overview	High Availability Overview

After you determine the type of installation that is required, review the applicable content in the following sections for additional information and instructions.