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System Requirements

This section explains the requirements which must be met before you start installation. Supported Platforms in Read This First in Using the AquaLogic Service Registry summarizes the software platform options for the current release. So you should:

  1. Ensure the installation machine meets the requirements that follow in Hardware.
  2. Decide which combination of supported platform components will be used.
  3. Ensure each component is installed as described in this section.

Then you can proceed with installation.

 

Hardware

Table 2-1 summarizes hardware requirements for the installation machine. The minimum specifications are suitable for experimental use of BEA AquaLogic Service Registry on a workstation. Although it may be possible to install the product on a machine with lower specifications, performance and reliability may be severely affected. The requirements of servers in a production environment are greater and depend on patterns of use. See "Support" in Read This First, in Using the AquaLogic Service Registry if you need assistance.

Table 2-1 Minimum Hardware Specifications
Specification
Minimum
Notes
CPU
1GHz
Actual requirements depend on the on patterns of use in the target environment.
RAM
1GB
Disk Space
300MB
This is sufficient if the selected database system is installed on another machine.
The database server machine must have sufficient space for the selected database system. The requirements for registry data are quite modest. Each GB typically provides for registration of several thousand additional entities.
So disk performance is more significant.

 

Java™ Platform

A supported Java Development Kit is required on the installation machine. A Java Runtime Environment is not sufficient because it must be possible to compile JSP pages at runtime.

IBM JDK 1.4 and higher must contain a JCE provider. Bouncy Castle provider is supported, and JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files are required.

  1. Copy the file bcprov-jdk14-*.jar from Bouncy Castle provider to IBMJava2/jre/lib/ext
  2. Add the following line to the file java.security located in IBMJava2/jre/lib/security
    3. security.provider.5=org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider

 

Relational Database

Setting up a relational database during installation is optional - you can instead set it up after installation using the setup tool. See Database Installation.. In both cases you can use the pre-configured HSQL database system that comes with BEA AquaLogic Service Registry.

The installation process allows you to setup a database using one of the other supported database systems, in which case the database server must be installed and running (not necessarily on the same machine). JDBC driver files must generally be available locally, but some drivers are distributed with BEA AquaLogic Service Registry.


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