Before You Install

Use this page to check that your environment is ready and to decide how many machines you need before starting the installation.

Decide Your Machine Layout

Software and Hardware Requirements

ExSign Web Portal

ExSign Web Portal is a web-based utility that can be accessed on the Internet. It’s recommended to install the ExSign Web Portal on a separate Windows Server. If you only have a single machine, you can have both the web portal and the agent on the same machine. There can also be more than one portal server for high availability. These portal servers will be public-facing. 

The portal server should have: 

ExSign Agent for Google Workspace

ExSign Agent for Google Workspace is a lightweight service that integrates your Google Workspace environment with the ExSign platform. The agent facilitates secure communication between Google Workspace and ExSign. ExSign Google Workspace Agent is developed to work as a desktop utility and can be installed on the ExSign Web Portal machine or any stand-alone Windows machine on your own premises. The machine should have:

• NET 4.8 Framework
• .NET Desktop Runtime 8
• .NET Runtime 8

ExSign Database

ExSign stores its database in Microsoft SQL Server. It is possible to connect to a remote MSSQL database instance regardless of its location.

However, to set up a separate MSSQL Server instance, here are the recommended software and hardware specifications, considering different workloads and use cases (e.g., development, testing, or production).