The XIA Configuration Client does not require any additional software to be installed on remote machines for the collection of data as it uses remoting technologies appropriate for connecting to different target systems such as PowerShell remoting for Windows machines and SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) for SQL Instances.


These technologies require certain levels of permissions on the remote machine and certain TCP ports to be open. 


Where these requirements are prohibitive - perhaps because of firewall or user account constraints the XIA Configuration Local Service can be installed on these machines.


The XIA Configuration Local Service has the following attributes:



Operates on a single TCP port (by default 8092).


Runs as a Windows service under the Local System Account.


Is configured using Group Policy either locally with the local Group Policy editor or using Active Directory Group Policy.


Can be configured to accept connections only from specified user accounts.


Must be installed and updated on each target machine.


Is only available for Microsoft Windows based target systems.



NOTE: Whilst the XIA Configuration Local Service does provide a solution to the scenarios detailed above it is generally recommended that items are scanned using the XIA Configuration Client remotely using PowerShell remoting.