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(12.06.100-en) Installation Requirements for the IGEL UMS

Owned by Emese Pogany
Oct 25, 2024
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This article lists the minimum requirements your hardware and software must meet to successfully install the components of the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) environment. For details on the IGEL UMS components, see Overview of the IGEL UMS.

System Requirements

You can run the IGEL UMS with Windows and Linux 64-bit systems (x86_64).

For the supported operating systems, see the "Supported Environment" section of the release notes. 

Standard UMS Installation Requirements

UMS Server and UMS Administrator

Standard UMS means that you have a single UMS Server. To host the UMS Server and the UMS Administrator, your hardware and software must meet the following minimum requirements:

  • At least 5 GB of RAM

  • At least 22 GB of free disk space

  • 4 CPUs

Under Linux, an X11 system is required. It is required by the UMS Administrator application which can only be launched on the same machine as the UMS Server.

  • Do not install the UMS Server on a domain controller system.

  • Manually modifying the Java runtime environment on the UMS Server is not recommended.

  • Running additional Apache Tomcat web servers together with the UMS Server is not recommended.

Installation Requirements of UMS Components 

You can decide to install other UMS components on the same host as the UMS Server and UMS Administrator. In this case, the components have the following minimum requirements:

  • UMS Web App

    • At least 1 GB of RAM

  • UMS Console

    • At least 3 GB of RAM

    • At least 1 GB of free disk space

  • Embedded Database

    • At least 2 GB of free disk space 

Standard UMS With UMS Console and Embedded Database

Installation requirements in total for a Standard UMS with UMS Console and Embedded Database:

  • At least 8 GB of RAM
    (5 GB for UMS Server and UMS Administrator + 3 GB for UMS Console)

  • At least 25 GB of free disk space
    (22 GB for UMS Server and UMS Administrator + 1 GB for UMS Console + 2 GB for Embedded DB)

  • 4 CPUs

Standard UMS With UMS Console, Embedded Database, and UMS Web App

Installation requirements in total for a Standard UMS with UMS Console, Embedded Database, and UMS Web App:

  • At least 9 GB of RAM
    (5 GB for UMS Server and UMS Administrator + 3 GB for UMS Console + 1 GB for UMS Web App)

  • At least 25 GB of free disk space
    (22 GB for UMS Server and UMS Administrator + 1 GB for UMS Console + 2 GB for Embedded DB)

  • 4 CPUs

Standalone UMS Console Requirements

To install a standalone UMS Console on a separate host machine, your hardware and software must meet the following minimum requirements:

  • At least 3 GB of RAM

  • At least 1 GB of free disk space

  • 2 CPUs

Database Systems (DBMS) Requirements

High Availability Requirements

The High Availability (HA) extension is designed to address the needs of large environments by implementing a network of several UMS Servers. For details on HA, see High Availability.

For installation requirements, see Installation Requirements.