System Requirements

Hardware, software, and virtual host requirements for installing and operating Connectware.

Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for Connectware depend on factors such as message rate, message size, and storage requirements. For hardware recommendations based on your specific use cases, contact us and we’ll recommend the appropriate hardware setup.

For a basic setup with standard functionality and typical message loads, the following resources are sufficient:

• 64-bit CPU with x86 architecture

• 4 GB RAM (minimum)

• 32 GB hard drive (recommended)

Software Requirements

• Linux operating system

• Docker

• Docker Compose

• Latest stable version of Chrome browser

Docker should be installed using the official setup guide https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/. Installing Docker by the package manager Snap is known to be causing issues and should be avoided.

Connectware is designed to operate on Linux systems, deployed with Docker Compose. Running Connectware on Windows hosts or with different container-orchestration systems is not part of the standard version of Connectware, but may be available upon request.

Virtual Host Requirements

Full Docker support including privileged containers is necessary to run Connectware on virtual hosts.

Sufficient platforms:

• VMware

• AWS EC2 (e.g. using t3a.medium instances with Ubuntu 20.04)

• Azure VM

• Google Compute Engine