Lithnet Access Manager
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  • Installation
    • Getting started
    • System Requirements
    • Downloads
    • Upgrading from Access Manager v1
    • Installing the Access Manager Server
      • Creating a service account for the Access Manager Service
      • SQL installation options
      • Installing the Access Manager Service
      • High availability options
        • Load balancing Access Manager
        • Installing Access Manager in a Failover Cluster
    • Installing the Access Manager Agent
      • Choosing between the Microsoft and Lithnet agents for LAPS support
      • Installing the Access Manager Agent on Windows
      • Installing the Access Manager Agent on Linux
      • Installing the Access Manager Agent on macOS
  • Configuration
    • Setting up Authentication
      • Setting up authentication with ADFS
      • Setting up authentication with Azure AD
      • Setting up authentication with Okta
      • Setting up smart card authentication
      • Setting up integrated windows authentication
    • Deploying Features
      • Setting up Microsoft LAPS for Active Directory
      • Setting up Microsoft LAPS for Azure Active Directory
      • Setting up Lithnet LAPS
        • Preparing the AMS directory
        • Setting the AMS directory for Lithnet LAPS clients
        • Setting up Lithnet LAPS for Azure AD joined and registered devices
        • Setting up Lithnet LAPS for domain-joined devices
        • Setting up Lithnet LAPS for macOS and Linux
        • Setting up Lithnet LAPS for standalone Windows devices
      • Setting up BitLocker access
      • Setting up JIT for computers
      • Setting up JIT for roles
    • Importing authorization rules
      • Import Microsoft LAPS permissions from Active Directory
      • Importing BitLocker permissions from Active Directory
      • Importing local administrator group membership from domain-joined Windows devices
      • Import mappings from a CSV file
      • Importing rules from the Lithnet LAPS web app
      • Performing an offline discovery of local admins
  • Help and support
    • Frequently asked Questions
    • Troubleshooting
    • Quick start guides
      • Getting started with Windows LAPS and Lithnet Access Manager
      • Getting started with Windows LAPS for Active Directory
      • Getting started with Windows LAPS for Azure Active Directory
    • Support Articles
      • KB000001: The Access Manager Agent cannot connect and logs a token-validation-failed error
      • KB000002: Users retain their admin rights after their JIT period expires
      • KB000003: Configuring the Access Manager Agent to manage an account other than 'root' on Linux
      • KB000004: Creating a log file to troubleshoot installation issues with the Access Manager Service
      • KB000005: Access Manager stops working after applying the November 2022 Windows update
      • KB000006: Migrating the Access Manager Database
      • KB000007: Adding JIT groups via Group Policy doesn't work with NTLM Disabled
      • KB000008: AMS is unable to JIT into privileged groups such as Domain Admins
    • Advanced help topics
      • Ports and traffic flows
      • Internet access requirements
      • Access evaluation in Access Manager Service (AMS)
      • Recovering from a lost encryption certificate
      • Script-based authorization
      • Customized auditing with PowerShell notification channels
      • Variables available in audit notification channels
      • Setting up audit templates
      • Backup and Restore
      • Event ID reference
    • PowerShell reference
      • Add-AmsDeviceRegistrationKeyGroup
      • Add-AmsGroupMember
      • Export-AmsServerDiagnostics
      • Get-AmsActiveDirectoryJitOptions
      • Get-AmsComputerAuthorizationRule
      • Get-AmsDevice
      • Get-AmsDeviceRegistrationKey
      • Get-AmsGroup
      • Get-AmsGroupMembers
      • Get-AmsHostConfig
      • Get-AmsJitSchedulerJob
      • Get-AmsLocalAdminPassword
      • Get-AmsLocalAdminPasswordHistory
      • Get-AmsRoleAuthorizationRule
      • New-AmsComputerAuthorizationRule
      • New-AmsDeviceRegistrationKey
      • New-AmsGroup
      • New-AmsRoleAuthorizationRule
      • Remove-AmsComputerAuthorizationRule
      • Remove-AmsDevice
      • Remove-AmsDeviceRegistrationKey
      • Remove-AmsDeviceRegistrationKeyGroup
      • Remove-AmsGroup
      • Remove-AmsGroupMember
      • Remove-AmsJitSchedulerJob
      • Remove-AmsRoleAuthorizationRule
      • Set-AmsActiveDirectoryJitOptions
      • Set-AmsComputerAuthorizationRule
      • Set-AmsDevice
      • Set-AmsDeviceRegistrationKey
      • Set-AmsGroup
      • Set-AmsHostConfig
      • Set-AmsRoleAuthorizationRule
    • Application help pages
      • Access Manager Directory configuration page
      • Access Manager Directory Devices page
      • Access Manager Directory Groups page
      • Lithnet LAPS configuration page (Access Manager Directory)
      • Access Manager Directory Registration Keys page
      • Lithnet LAPS configuration page (Active Directory)
      • Microsoft LAPS configuration page
      • Active Directory configuration page
      • Auditing page
      • Authentication configuration page
      • Computer authorization rules page
      • Role authorization rules page
      • Azure Active Directory configuration page
      • BitLocker configuration page
      • Database configuration page
      • Effective access page
      • Email configuration page
      • IP Address detection configuration page
      • Just-in-time access configuration page
      • Licensing configuration page
      • Rate limit configuration page
      • Host configuration page
      • User interface configuration page
      • Security page
    • Getting Support
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  • Access Manager Agent (AMA) Operating System Support
  • Windows requirements
  • macOS requirements
  • Linux requirements

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  1. Installation

System Requirements

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Access Manager Server (AMS) Operating System Support

Operating system requirements

The Lithnet Access Manager Service requires Windows Server 2016 or higher.

Dependencies

  • 8.0.8 or later installed

  • 8.0.8 or later installed

  • Microsoft SQL Express 2019 (if hosting the database locally), SQL Server 2017 or later (Standard or Enterprise edition), Azure SQL or an Amazon RDS SQL database. (SQL express is installed by default). See the page for more details

Access Manager Agent (AMA) Operating System Support

The Lithnet Access Manager agent is supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Each operating system family has slightly different requirements.

Windows requirements

Dependencies

The agent requires the installation of .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later if it is not already installed as part of the OS for x86 and x64 installations. For arm64 installations, .NET Framework 4.8.1 is required.

Supported versions

  • x64 Windows 8.1 or later

  • x86 Windows 8.1 or later

  • arm64 Windows 10 or later

Password storage

  • Domain joined clients will store their password in the Active Directory. This requires Active Directory schema extensions to be present.

  • Non domain-joined clients will store their password in the AMS directory.

macOS requirements

Supported versions

  • OSX 10.15 (Catalina)

  • macOS 11 (Big Sur) (Intel or M1)

  • macOS 12 (Monterey) (Intel or M1)

  • macOS 13 (Ventura) (Intel or M1)

Password storage

  • macOS devices will store their password in the AMS directory.

Linux requirements

Dependencies

The Access Manager Agent requires the use of the chpasswd tool that is built into most modern Linux systems.

Supported versions

The agent runs on .NET 8.0 and should work on any Linux distribution supported by Microsoft for these platforms.

Lithnet provides packages for RPM and Debian-based distributions, as well as tar.gz file for use with others.

Password storage

  • Linux devices will store their password in the AMS directory.

See the

.NET Desktop Runtime
.NET Hosting Bundle
SQL installation options
Microsoft guide for supported operating systems for .NET 8.0