Requirements¶

The requirements are divided in the ones for the PLOSSYS 5 server and the ones for the management server.

Hint - virus scanner

An active virus scanner may slow down the installation. The data directory of the SEAL Systems products, <inst_dir>\SEAL\applications\data, should be excluded from scanning.

Requirements for the Management Server¶

On the management server, the modules for administrating the output devices (easyPRIMA) and the log data (Elastic Stack) will be installed. If the preconfigured Keycloak from SEAL Systems is used as OIDC identity provider, we recommend installing it on the management server, too.

OIDC Identity Provider¶

An OIDC identity provider has to be installed. A preconfigured Keycloak identity provider is provided by SEAL Systems for test purposes. In practice, another OIDC identity provider already installed at the customer's will be used for the user authentication and authorization. For more information about Keycloak or another OIDC identity provider to be used with SEAL Systems products, refer to the SEAL Interfaces for OIDC documentation.

User and Privileges (Management Server)¶

For installing the management server, a user account with local Administrator privileges is required.

Hint - user for easyPRIMA

For running easyPRIMA, we recommend using a separate user account (service user). This can be a local or a domain user. The password for this user never must never expire.

Disk Space¶

Before installing the Elastic Stack server part, make sure that enough disk space is available on the installation device. If the amount of free space is less than about 10 % of the device's total capacity, Elasticsearch will lock the created indexes and Kibana will not start properly.

.NET Framework¶

.NET Framework as of version 4.5 has to be installed on the management server.

Microsoft C++ (Management Server)¶

"Microsoft C++ 2015" runtime has to be installed on the management server.

Hint - installation package

The installation packages for the "Microsoft C++ 2015" runtime are available on the SEAL Systems delivery platform in the msvc2015 directory.

Requirements for the PLOSSYS 5 Server¶

On the PLOSSYS 5 server, the modules for administrating and processing the jobs are installed.

Hint - cluster mode

In the cluster mode, all PLOSSYS 5 servers belonging to the cluster have to be installed identically.

User and privileges (PLOSSYS 5 Server)¶

For installing the PLOSSYS 5 server, a user account with local Administrator privileges is required. By default, the PLOSSYS 5 services are running under the Local Service system account.
If you want to manage PLOSSYS 5 services via PLOSSYS CLI, privileges for executing PowerShell scripts are required. With the installation, the privileges are also required but can be specified explicitly than. The execution policy has to be set to RemoteSigned at least. For more information about execution policies, refer to the Microsoft documentation. For setting the execution policy, open a PowerShell (Administrator) and execute the following command:
```
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
```
Hint - impermanent

The execution policy might be overwritten by a group policy.

No DNS Server¶

No DNS server is active on the server.

Microsoft C++ (PLOSSYS 5 Server)¶

"Microsoft C++ 2013" runtime has to be installed on the server.

Hint - installation package

The installation packages for the "Microsoft C++ 2013" runtime are available on the official Microsoft Support pages: vcredist_x64.exe.
"Microsoft C++ 2015-2019" runtime has to be installed on the server.

Hint - installation package

The installation packages for the "Microsoft C++ 2015-2019" runtime are available on the official Microsoft Support pages:vc_redist.x64.exe.

MongoDB¶

MongoDB as of version 3.6.17 has to be installed.

Hint - separate installation

As of PLOSSYS 5.3.2, MongoDB is no longer included in the installation of PLOSSYS 5. For how to install and configure MongoDB, refer to the SEAL-specific MongoDB documentation.

Hint - cluster installation

In case of a cluster installation, we recommend installing and configuring MongoDB in a cluster before installing PLOSSYS 5. For more information about the MongoDB installation, refer to the SEAL-specific MongoDB documentation.

Next Step¶

Continue with: Installation