Prior to the installation of the DualShield MFA server, prepare the following items:

1. A Windows or Linux server machine (virtual or real machine) with 8GM RAM, 4-core CPU, and 10GB free disk space 

   
   

2. An FQDN for your DualShield MFA server consoles, e.g. mfa.acme.com

   
   

3. An SSL certificate for your DualShield MFA server consoles in a PFX file (a wildcard certificate is acceptable, e.g. *.acme.com)

   
   

4. An AD service account (domain user) to be used for the connection between your MFA server and AD server

   
   

5. (Optional) An AD user group for MFA enforcement

   
   

6. (Optional) An MS-SQL service account

   
   

7. (Optional) Configure corporate firewall

   
   

8. Download the DualShield server software, and save it on your DualShield MFA server machine