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| MicroStrategy Usher 2.3 is a mobile security platform designed to provide security for business processes and applications across an enterprise. It replaces traditional forms of enterprise security such as ID cards, passwords, and physical keys with a mobile badge on a user’s smartphone. Users with the Usher Security mobile app and badge can electronically validate their identity without plastic ID cards, log in to online applications without entering a password, open locked doors without keys, and so on. What's new Integration of MicroStrategy Usher: MicroStrategy allows you to secure your analytics applications on the web and through the use of mobile devices, using the revolutionary new Usher security platform. This includes the integration of the following Usher products: Usher Security Server: Server system that synchronizes identities with enterprise identity management systems of record, and presents those identities to Usher clients for authentication. Usher Network Manager: Administrative console that allows you to manage your network of users, configure access to Usher-enabled systems and resources, and distribute digital badges and keys. Usher Analytics: Reporting functionality to analyze and visualize the activity of users in your Usher network, to gain insights into your enterprise security. Usher Mobile: Mobile app and server system that allows your users to view the activity of nearby users in their Usher network. System Requirements and Supported Configurations Be aware of the following before reviewing the table below: The operating systems listed below are deemed supported or certified to reflect the level of internal testing that each configuration was exposed to for the current release. MicroStrategy recommends using certified configurations over the supported configurations. MicroStrategy certifies and supports operating systems that are compatible with a set of CPU chipsets, referred to as CPU architectures, that are binary-compatible. MicroStrategy tests on at least one of the CPU chipsets within a set of binary-compatible CPU architectures for purposes of certifying and supporting operating systems with MicroStrategy products. A valid CPU architecture is provided in parentheses () to clarify the operating system software certified or supported for Intelligence Server. All Linux operating systems are 64-bit.
Usher Security Server
Hardware | Requirement
CPU Architecture | Minimum quad-core CPU, x86-64 compatible.
RAM | 8 GB or higher.
Software | Supported
Database and driver | An available MySQL Community Edition 5.x database. MySQL driver provided with your Linux operating system installation.
Operating system | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (on x86-64) is certified. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for 6.4.x and later versions are supported. You must configure your machine to use the GMT time zone. You must install the rpm packages for the following requirements: mysql-connector-java.x86_64 version 5.1.22 to support a connection to MySQL memcached-1.4.4-3.el6.x86_64 You must download the following files to the lib directory of your Tomcat 8.0.x environment: xom-1.1.jar logback-core-1.1.1.jar You must download the following files to the WEB-INF/lib folder of your Usher Server deployment: logback-classic-1.0.13.jar
JDK | Oracle JDK 1.7 (64-bit version)
Web application server | Apache Tomcat 8.0.x The installation of Usher Server includes a ROOT.war file. You can use this .war file to deploy your Usher Server on your Tomcat 8.0.x web application server.
Keys and certificates | Generate the key used to decrypt the data and enforce authentication for the server. You can use OpenSSL, for example, to generate the key. Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Send the key and the CSR to the certificate authority (CA) to obtain a signed certificate and SSL certificate chain. Repeat the steps above to create a key, signed certificate, and SSL certificate chain for the Agent Gateway, the Usher Security Server component that synchronizes your Usher users with Microsoft Active Directory.
Usher Network Manager
Software | Supported
Database and driver | An available MySQL Community Edition 5.x database. You must install the PDO MySQL extension.
Operating system | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (on x86-64) is certified. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for 6.4.x and later versions are supported. You must configure your machine to use the GMT time zone.
Web server | Apache HTTP Server 2.x, including the module mod_rewrite.
Scripting language | PHP 5.4.x, including the following libraries: curl openssl mbstring gd json zlib zip pdo_mysql
Geocoding API | Google Geocoding API key, to support location-based features.
Web Browser | Supported
Microsoft Internet Explorer | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.x Standards mode only, certification testing is not performed for compatibility view mode.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.x Standards mode only, certification testing is not performed for compatibility view mode.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.x Standards mode only, certification testing is not performed for compatibility view mode.
Firefox | Firefox 31.x
Firefox 32.x
Firefox 33.x
Firefox 34.x
Google Chrome | Google Chrome 37.x
Google Chrome 38.x
Google Chrome 39.x
Safari | Safari 7.1.x is a mobile app that allows users to validate their identities or to access Usher-enabled systems and resources.
Usher Security app
Each user downloads Usher Security to their mobile device. Usher Security is a mobile app that allows users to validate their identities or to access Usher-enabled systems and resources.
Hardware | Supported
iPhone | iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 5S
iPhone 5C
iPhone 5
iPhone 4s
iPad mini 2
iPod touch (fifth generation)
Android | Google Nexus 5
Google Nexus 6
LG Tribute LS660
Samsung Galaxy Core 2
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Samsung Galaxy S 3
Samsung Galaxy S 4
Software | Supported
iOS | iOS 8.1.x
iOS 8.0.x
iOS 7.x
Android | 5.0
4.4
4.3
4.2
4.1
4.0.x
Usher Analytics
Software | Supported
Database and driver | An available MySQL Community Edition 5.x database. This database must include an administrative user account with the name idm_intel. It is recommended to include the Usher Analytics database in the same MySQL server instance as Usher Security Server. In a master and replica MySQL server environment, it is recommended to include the Usher Analytics database only on the replica server instance. You must install the MySQL ODBC Driver 5.3 (32-bit), as well as the applicable driver manager. You must install the MySQL-python package supported for your version of MySQL, which is a third-party Python interface for MySQL. You must install the unixODBC (32-bit) package. You must must execute the mysql_tzinfo_to_sql command to load the time zone tables into your database.
Python | Python 2.6.x
Python 2.7.x
Operating system | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (on x86-64) is certified. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for 6.4.x and later versions are supported. You must install the rpm package mysql-connector-java.x86_64 1:5.1.22 and later versions to support a connection to MySQL.
Geocoding API | Google Geocoding API key, to support location-based features.
Usher Mobile
Usher Mobile app
Hardware | Supported
iPhone | iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 5S
iPhone 5C
iPhone 5
Software | Supported
iOS | iOS 8.x
iOS 7.x
Usher Mobile
Software | Supported
Database and driver | An available MySQL Community Edition 5.x database. This database must be included in the same MySQL server instance as Usher Security Server. You must install the MySQL ODBC Driver 5.3 (32-bit), as well as the applicable driver manager. You must install the MySQL-python package, which is a third-party Python interface for MySQL.
Python | Python 2.6.x
Python 2.7.x
Geocoding API | Google Geocoding API key, to support location-based features.
Operating system | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (on x86-64) is certified. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for 6.4.x and later versions are supported. You must install the rpm package mysql-connector-java.x86_64 1:5.1.22 and later versions to support a connection to MySQL.
If you receive access to Usher functionality as part of a delivery of version 9.5.1 or later of MicroStrategy analytics software products, either by purchasing licenses to such software products or receiving such software products as part of a maintenance upgrade, you may use such Usher functionality solely for the purpose of authentication in conjunction with MicroStrategy analytics software products. If you use Usher functionality as part of an implementation of Usher functionality on your network, you are responsible for configuring the Usher security software to integrate with such implementation and the Usher mobile security applications that may be downloaded by your users on their smartphones (each, an “Usher Application”). You are also responsible for creating and making available to your users terms of use and a privacy policy for the Usher Applications that is consistent with the terms of use and privacy policy we include as part of the Usher Applications on each platform where the Usher Applications are available (e.g., the Apple App Store for iOS devices and the Google Play Store for Android devices). Language Support Usher products’ Installation paths must use English characters. Usher products are supported on data warehouses stored on machines with an English system locale. Installing For steps to install MicroStrategy Usher, see the Installing MicroStrategy on UNIX and Linux chapter of the Installation and Configuration Guide. When installing MicroStrategy Usher, you must install the Usher products on the same machine using a root access user account. The installation of Usher Server includes a ROOT.war file. You can use this .war file to deploy your Usher Server on your Tomcat 8.0.x web application server. For additional steps to configure your MicroStrategy 9.5.x installation and secure your MicroStrategy applications with Usher, see the help page for MicroStrategy 9.5. Note: If you are unable to install MicroStrategy software from the DVD-ROM format due to a lack of a DVD drive, you can download the software from the MicroStrategy download site. Product Documentation Usher Help https://microstrategyhelp.atlassian.net/wiki/display/USHER Information and instructions to configure MicroStrategy Usher, create and manage your network of Usher users, integrate Usher with logical and physical resources, and analyze Usher activity data using Usher Analytics and Usher Mobile. Usher Developer Resources https://microstrategyhelp.atlassian.net/wiki/display/USHERDEVELOPER Information to create and implement custom uses of Usher to support unique business needs through the use of the MicroStrategy Usher application programming interfaces (APIs).
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