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Action1 5 Documentation 5 Action1 Requirements

System Requirements

Action1 Web Console

Web browser: latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or other supported browsers:

  • For Windows – Microsoft Edge
  • For macOS – Apple Safari
  • For Linux – Opera

JavaScript and cookies: must be enabled
Access to sites: https://www.action1.com

Action1 Agents

Disk space: minimum 100 MB of free disk space
Memory: minimum 50 MB of available physical memory
Hardware platforms and operating systems:*

Windows

Hardware platforms:

  • x86
  • x64
  • ARM64

Operating systems:* Windows 8.1 or later

macOS

Hardware platforms:

  • Mac with Apple silicon
  • Intel-based Mac

Operating systems:*

  • macOS 26 (Tahoe)
  • macOS 15 (Sequoia)
  • macOS 14 (Sonoma)
  • macOS 13 (Ventura)
  • macOS 12 (Monterey)

Linux

Hardware platforms:

  • x64

Supported distributions:*

  • Debian 12, 13
  • Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04
  • Kubuntu
  • Linux Mint 22.2, 22.3
  • Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 6, 7
  • Linux Pop!_OS 22.04
  • Fedora 42, 43
  • VMware Photon OS
  • CentOS Stream 9, 10
  • RHEL 8, 9, 10
  • Oracle Linux 10
  • openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • openSUSE Leap 15, 16
  • SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server)
  • OpenMandriva
  • Rocky Linux
  • AlmaLinux
  • Amazon Linux

Firewall Configuration

For information on protocols and port configuration, see Firewall Configuration.

Required Permissions

Windows

Action1 agent runs under Local System account. Action1 agent installation requires administrative privileges; silent installation command should be run as administrator.

macOS

Action1 agent installation requires administrative privileges, so make sure your account is included in the Admin group on the endpoints you plan to manage.

Linux

Action1 agent requires root privileges. Agent installation must be performed using root privileges.

Antivirus Allowlist Settings

To avoid blocking Action1 services by your antivirus software, include the Action1 folder and the following files in the allowlist of your antivirus settings:

Windows

    • C:\Windows\Action1
    • C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe
    • C:\Windows\Action1\action1_remote.exe

macOS

    • /usr/local/action1
    • /var/local/action1
    • /var/log/action1

Linux

    • /opt/action1
    • /var/opt/action1
    • /var/log/action1

Other requirements

  • For Windows: Windows PowerShell 5.1 or later** is required for Action1 agent
  • For macOS: To download Action1 agent installation package, make sure that Security settings allow applications downloaded from App Store and identified developers.
  • For macOS and Linux: cURL (Client for URL) utility is required to download agent installation package;
    zip utility is required to work with ZIP archives
*) For the detailed list of supported operating systems, refer to this article. For the list of applications available in the Action1 Software Repository, refer to this catalog.

**) Windows PowerShell is available by default starting with Windows 8.1, but needs to be enabled in earlier versions of Windows with the right service packs installed. Please refer to Microsoft documentation for more information: Windows PowerShell System Requirements and Installing Windows PowerShell.