Hardware, software, and database requirements
Review the requirements information to identify operating system, file system, and compatibility requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information that is required to install or upgrade HCL Compass.
- IBM® Installation Manager requirements
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- IBM Installation Manager, version 1.8.6 or later
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) requirement
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- For the HCL Compass installation,
you must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) compatible with Java 8 or 11 installed before you
install HCL Compass. During the HCL Compass installation, you must set the path to the
java executable in your JRE installation. If you do not have a JRE already, you can obtain one from
AdoptOpenJDK at http://adoptopenjdk.net or https://adoptium.net/?variant=openjdk8. Select OpenJDK 8 or OpenJDK 11. If you are asked to choose a JVM, select
OpenJ9.Tip: For the initial JRE installation, install it in a folder of your choice with a folder name that does not identify the version number for the Java. As an example, use a folder name like "jdk" instead of "jdk_v8.0." Later, when you want to install a new updated Java (as an example, jdk_v8.5), install the updated Java into the same file system location as the initial Java so you will not have to reconfigure HCL Compass. For more information, see the Reconfiguring HCL Compass to use a different JRE topic
- For the HCL Compass installation,
you must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) compatible with Java 8 or 11 installed before you
install HCL Compass. During the HCL Compass installation, you must set the path to the
java executable in your JRE installation. If you do not have a JRE already, you can obtain one from
AdoptOpenJDK at http://adoptopenjdk.net or https://adoptium.net/?variant=openjdk8. Select OpenJDK 8 or OpenJDK 11. If you are asked to choose a JVM, select
OpenJ9.
- HCL Compass User Interface Requirements
- The HCL Compass user interface is
supported on the following browsers:
- Google Chrome version 80 and higher
- Mozilla Firefox version 80 and higher
- Microsoft Edge version 80 and higher
- HCL Compass on HCL SoFy Requirements
- HCL Compass is supported on HCL SoFy
and has the following requirements:
- Kubernetes versions 1.15 to 1.17
- Helm version 3.3.0 or higher
- Using HCL Compass on Kubernetes has
the following hardware requirements:
- Number of CPUs: 8
- RAM: 32 GB
- HCL Compass Docker Container Requirements
- HCL Compass is supported on Docker with
the following requirements:
- Docker Container version 19.0 or higher
- HCL Compass on Docker container has
the following hardware requirements:
- Number of CPUs: 8
- RAM: 16 GB
- HCL Compass REST API Server Hardware Requirements
- The HCL Compass REST API server has the
following hardware requirements:
- Minimum Requirements:
- Processor: 4-core 2 GHZ or higher CPU
- RAM: 8 GB
- Recommended Requirements:
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- Processor: 8-core 2GHz or higher CPU
- RAM: 16 GB
- Minimum Requirements:
For more detailed information, see the HCL Compass system requirements information and the installation and upgrade information in this information center.