Required off-appliance components

All deployments include several off-appliance servers that host additional components.
  • A Windows Server to host the Forcepoint infrastructure, including the Forcepoint Security Manager. The Forcepoint Security Manager supports configuration and management of your Forcepoint solutions. This server is sometimes referred to as the Forcepoint management server.
  • Web protection solutions locate several additional components on the Forcepoint management server, or on a separate Windows or Linux server.
  • Web and email deployments require a Windows Server to host the Log Server service. Log Server manages the handling of log data with the SQL Server database and with Forcepoint reporting services.
  • Data, web, and email solutions require a Windows Server to host an instance of Microsoft SQL Server. SQL Server supports the Forcepoint Log Database.
  • Forcepoint Email Security deployments require a mail server.

For server specifications, see System requirements in the Deployment and Installation Center.
Important: All components in the deployment, including those running off-appliance, must run the same version of Forcepoint software.