Preparing the Environment

The Protegrity Application Protector (AP) .NET provides APIs that integrate with customer applications to protect and unprotect sensitive data. It is compatible with applications developed using .NET Core and C#.

Caution: Install only one environment at a time either production or development. Do not install Mock AP .Net protector in a Production environment.

Preparing the Environment for AP .Net Installation on Windows in a Production Environment

Before installing Protegrity Application Protector (AP) .Net on a Windows platform in a Production environment, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

• The ESA appliance is installed, configured, and running.
• The IP address or hostname of the ESA is noted.
• Policy Management (PIM) is initialized on the ESA. This ensures cryptographic keys and the policy repository are created. For more information about initializing the PIM, refer to Initializing the Policy Management.
• A supported version of .NET is installed.
  For more information about Supported .Net version, refer to Supported .Net Distributions.