Hardware And Software Requirements

This section describes the hardware, software, and networking requirements for the hosts that run the Whaleal components.

Before installing Whaleal Platform (WAP), you need to review the following materials: - Server Requirement - Agent Requirement

Server Requirement

Hardware Requirement

All hosts that install the following Whaleal Platform (WAP) components must meet RAM and Disk requirements:

Whaleal Platform Application
Whaleal Platform Application Databases

Whaleal Platform Application Hardware Requirement

All hosts deploying Whaleal Platform Application must meet the following hardware requirements:

Number of Monitored Nodes	CPU	Memory	Disk
50	8+	8GB+	200GB + logs storage
200	16+	16GB+	500GB + logs storage
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Whaleal Platform Application Database Hardware Requirement

All hosts deploying Whaleal Platform Application Database must meet the following hardware requirements:

Number of Monitored Nodes	CPU	Memory	Disk
50	4+	8GB+	200GB
200	8+	16GB+	500GB
200+	Contact Whaleal Team	Contact Whaleal Team	Contact Whaleal Team

For better performance, it is recommended to use:

SSD for Application Database storage

WiredTiger storage engine for Application Database

Software Requirement

Java Environment Requirement

JAVA	Version
jdk	11+
open-jdk	11+

Operating System Compatibility

Whaleal Platform Application must be deployed on a 64-bit operating system.

Operating System	Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	6.x, 7.x, 8.x
CentOS	6.x, 7.x, 8.x

Network Security

TCP Connection Requirement

All Whaleal Platform Application services must be able to communicate properly with the following services:

Whaleal Platform Application Database
Whaleal Platform Application Agent Monitor MongoDB

Hosts

To facilitate easier usage, it is recommended to configure the hostname of the server where the Whaleal Platform Application is located

Port

Whaleal Platform Application must meet the following basic requirements:

Users and Whaleal Platform Application Agent must be able to access via HTTP/HTTPS requests
Whaleal Platform Application must be able to access Whaleal Platform Application Database
All Whaleal Platform Application and Whaleal Platform Application Agent must be able to access the monitored MongoDB services
Whaleal Platform Application must be able to send messages to users via email, SMS, and DingTalk

Therefore, Whaleal Platform Application must have the following ports open:

Service	Default Port	Transport	Direction	Description
HTTP	8080	TCP	Inbound	WAP application service port
Boot Page	9599	TCP	Inbound	WAP login page port
Web	80	TCP	Inbound	WAP Web Port

For custom ports, please open the specified ports.

Ports on Host

Whaleal Platform Application can complete most operations, but some processes require administrator access to the Whaleal Platform Application host to complete. Therefore, the following port must be open:

Service	Default Port	Transport	Direction	Description
ssh	22	TCP	Inbound	Default port for SSH (Secure Shell) service

Agent Requirement

Hardware Requirement

All hosts that install the following Whaleal Platform (WAP) components must meet RAM and Disk requirements:

Whaleal Platform Application Agent

Whaleal Platform Application Agent Hardware Requirement

All hosts deploying Whaleal Platform Application Agent must meet the following hardware requirements:

Number of Managed/Monitored Nodes	CPU	Memory	Disk
1	1+	2GB+	2GB + logs storage
5	2+	4GB+	2GB + logs storage
5+	Contact Whaleal Team	Contact Whaleal Team	Contact Whaleal Team