Planning the installation of Eclipse Amlen
To configure an Eclipse Amlen environment, the host system, hypervisor, or container must meet specific hardware and resource requirements.
Supported Environments
The following table summarizes the environments that are supported for Eclipse Amlen:
| Vendor | Product | License types |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | ESXi hypervisor 5.5 or higher | Developers, Non-Production, IdleStandby and Production |
| SoftLayer® | Virtual Server | Developers, Non-Production, IdleStandby and Production |
| SoftLayer | Bare Metal | Developers, Non-Production, IdleStandby and Production |
| Amazon | EC2 | Developers, Non-Production, IdleStandby and Production |
| Microsoft™ | Azure | Developers, Non-Production, IdleStandby and Production |
Hardware requirements for the Eclipse Amlen server
For the Eclipse Amlen server, the following general
hardware requirements apply:
- Two 1GbE network interfaces
- 16 GB of memory
- Intel™ or AMD x86-64 processor with at least four cores
- Disk 1 size : 25 GB
- Disk 2 (store) size : 64 GB
Hardware requirements for the Amlen WebUI
For the Amlen WebUI, the following general hardware
requirements apply:
- One network interface
- 4 GB of memory
- Intel or AMD x86-64 processor
- 16 GB disk space
Software requirements for Eclipse Amlen
Eclipse Amlen requires one of the following operating systems:
- RHEL Linux™™ 7 or 8 in x86_64
- CentOS 7 or 8 on x86_64. Build ares also provided for a recent Fedora on x86_64 (which version of Fedora builds are provided for will change over time due to the short life of Fedora versions)
In order to install Eclipse Amlen, you must provision the operating system in any of the following supported environments:
- Cloud providers: IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or Amazon AWS.
- Bare metal system in a supported cloud provider or in your own location.
- VMware ESXi v5.5 or higher in a supported cloud provider or in your own location.
For a virtual image, ensure that you select the Reserve all guest memory (All locked) check box to avoid memory ballooning by VMware ESXi. Memory ballooning is a memory management technique used by VMware ESXi and can lead to unused memory in Eclipse Amlen being reserved for VMware ESXi. For more information about memory ballooning, see the Understanding Memory Resource Management in VMware ESX document.
Supported deployment methods
The following methods of deployment are supported:
- CentOS container running in Docker 1.8 on a CentOS 7 or 8 Host System
- Redhat container running in Docker 1.8 on a Redhat 7 or 8 Host System
- Direct RPM install on any supported Host System