Orchestrator Installation Guide - Containerized Deployment - 7.11.x

This article contains a summary of the NetWitness® Orchestrator Installation Guide for Containerized Deployments on Version 7.11. To see the full guide, go to Attachments on this article and download the associated PDF.

Summary of the NetWitness® Orchestrator Installation Guide for Containerized Deployments for Version 7.11.x

This document will provide a quick summary of the items that can be found within the NetWitness® Orchestrator Installation Guide for Containerized Deployments for version 7.11.x.

Overview

This section provides a general overview of the installation process.

• Describes how to install NetWitness® Orchestrator using a containerized deployment.
• As of version  7.5, Netwitness® Orchestrator and its dependencies (Java, Python, OpenSearch, Redis) are bundled in containers using Docker or Podman.
• Containerized deployment is the  standard method for both production and non‑production systems.
• Tested on  AlmaLinux 9, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9.
• The  .env file contains all passwords and configuration values and may be purged after startup.

Prerequisites

This section provides information concerning any prerequisites for deploying NetWitness® Orchestrator.

• Credentials requires AWS Access Key ID and  AWS Secret Access Key to pull images from ThreatConnect's Elastic Container Registry (ECR).

System Requirements

This section talks about the needed requirements for active deployment of the infrastructure.

• Hardware & Software requirements
• Document Storage requirements
• Swap Space requirements

Installation Steps

• Steps 1 through 4: Container Runtime Setup
• Step 5: Installation of the AWS CLI for downloading images from the ECR
• Step 6: Increasing the vm.max_map_count
• Step 7: Confirming all required ports are open
• Step 8: Creating the necessary internal users
• Step 9: Configuring Rootless Podman
• Step 10 through 14: Core Configuration
• Step 15 through 21: Storage, Logging, and the Environment
• Step 22: Starting NetWitness® Orchestrator
• Step 23 through 26: Validation and Finalization

Appendix

• Document Storage Network Share
• Troubleshooting Notes
• Enabling SAML
• Certificate Authority Signed Certificate
• Self-Signed Certificate

This article contains a summary of the NetWitness® Orchestrator Installation Guide for Containerized Deployments on Version 7.11. To see the full guide, go to Attachments on this article and download the associated PDF.