Enterprise Edition Web Client Requirements

Before you begin

Ensure that you have completed the following tasks:

Installation of Plant Applications Server
Installation of Operations Hub 2.1 with SIM3 and later, or Operations Hub 2022, 2022.4.1, or 2022.06
Installation and Configuration of CouchDB for HTTPS

System Requirements

Ensure that your computer meets the system requirements as described in the following table.

The Plant Application Server and Web Client servers can be hosted in the AWS/Azure Cloud. Ensure that when they are hosted in Cloud they meet the Plant Application and Web Client Server system requirements.


Item	Version
Operating system	RedHat 7.8 and 8.2 or Ubuntu 18.x Note: Ubuntu is not supported in a production environment.
Docker	Docker Community Edition or Enterprise Edition 19.0 or 20.0 Note: For installing Docker Engine, refer to https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/. For RedHat environment, we recommend to use Docker 20.x Docker Compose 1.25.x Note: For installing Docker Compose, refer to https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/. Docker Swarm initiated as Swarm Manager
Web browsers	Chrome 107.0.5304.107 and later Devices: iPad: Safari v13.1+, Chrome 107.0.5304.107 and later Note: To view the application content, you must select the desktop site option from the Chrome browser settings menu. HP tablet: Chrome 107.0.5304.107 and later, with minimum resolution 1920x1280 Note: Devices supports only Unit Operations, Work Queue, and Non Conformance applications. Android 10-inch Tablet: Chrome 107.0.5304.107 and later Note: To view the application content, you must select the desktop site option from the Chrome browser settings menu. Microsoft Edge v94.0.992.31
Couch DB server	CouchDB version 2.3.1 or 3.2.2 Note: For more information on downloading, installing, configuring, upgrading CouchDB, and binding the certificates, refer to the Pre-installation Configuration (Enterprise and Standard) section.
Hard drive	100 GB (minimum) Note: However, you may need more disk space based on your production data.
Processor	2.4 GHz clock-speed Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU or equivalent AMD Phenom CPU Note: For better performance, it is recommended to use an octa core (8-cores).
Memory	64 GB (recommended)

Note:

You can combine the Installer node, Plant Applications Web Client node, and the Local Docker Registry node into a single Linux server.
If you are using controller and performing a remote upgrade of 8.0 SIM2, then you must uninstall the docker-py module on the Enterprise Edition Web Client node before starting the upgrade process.

Note:

If the Linux machine has multiple awk versions available, then switch to mawk by typing the following command: sudo update-alternatives --config awk. This command lists the available awk versions and you must select the mawk version.

Port Requirements

Ensure that the ports described in the following table are opened before you install Plant Applications Web Client.


Port	Description
15672	The default port for the RabbitMQ Message bridge required to communicate with the Plant Applications server for retrieving data updates.
1433	The default port for the Microsoft SQL server.
9093	The default port for Kafka.
2185	The default port for ZooKeeper.
6984	The default https port for CouchDB.
443/5059	The default port for Web Applications

What to do next: Complete the pre-installation configuration, and then proceed to install the Plant Applications Enterprise Edition Web Client. See About Installing Enterprise Edition Web Client.