Stratusphere™ Connector ID Key Basic Facts

Platform Support
Windows Microsoft Windows 10/11, Microsoft Windows Server 2019/2022/2025
Apple macOS Catalina and higher
Linux Red Hat 7 and higher, Ubuntu 18 and higher, Fedora 19 and higher, SUSE Linux, Oracle Linux 8
Supports 32/64-bit Desktops, Servers, Thin Clients (10Zig, Dell Wyse ThinOS, Citrix eLux, IGEL, Lenovo LeTOS, StratoDesk, ThinScale, and ZeeOS), Physical & Virtual Machines
Hypervisors CID Keys Installed on virtual machines running on VMware (ESX/ESXi View), Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Nutanix AHV, Citrix Hypervisor (Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops), and Red Hat RHEV & KVM
Resource Requirements
CPU Less than 1.0%
Memory 20–40 MB
Disk 15–20 MB
Network Bandwidth Less than 100KB per callback period (60 min. default)
Installation Requirements
Distribution Any standard software distribution tool such as Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Active Directory GPO, SMS, SCCM, LANDesk, Symantec Asset Management Suite (Altiris), Sys Internals PSTOOLS/PSEXEC
Permissions Administrative privileges to install software services
WMI calls (Disk, TCPIP Network, Process, …)
Make outbound network connections to Stratusphere™ Hub & Collectors using CID Key Communications (TCP/443)
Installs 3 Automatic SYSTEM services that start and stop with the machine