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Federica Musante

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Discover the wide range of Rulex Platform's installation options, designed to provide you with versatile solutions seamlessly adapting to your unique IT ecosystem. Rulex Platform can be installed flexibly on Windows, macOS and Linux OS, as well as on server operating systems like Windows Server and RHEL. Additionally, Rulex Platform now supports seamless deployment in scalable environments using fully automated and efficient HELM technology.

In this article, we'll give you an overview of each Rulex Platform software installation along with their prerequisites, ensuring you enjoy the same intuitive interface everywhere!

Rulex Platform Standalone

Rulex Platform's standalone versions are the easiest and most user-friendly to set up. Quickly install them on your computer or virtual machine in one of these three straightforward setups:

  • Windows Desktop
  • macOS Desktop
  • Linux Desktop

Does your machine satisfy all the perquisites?
Check them out below!

Prerequisites - Windows

Requirement Area
Details
Runtime prerequisite
Microsoft Windows 10 (64 bit) - 1909 or higher. Windows Server 2016 or higher.
CPU
CPU with x86_64 architecture. 4 core minimum, 8 core recommended.
RAM
4 GB (minimum), 16 GB (recommended), 32 GB (best performance) - single user application.
8 GB (minimum), 32 GB (recommended), 64 GB (best performance) - multiple users application, server-like.
Hard Disk Space
50 GB (minimum), 100 GB (recommended), 200 GB (best performance) - single user application.
100 GB (minimum), 250 GB (recommended). 1 TB (best performance) - multiple users application, server-like.
IOPS
1000 minimum, 2000 recommended.
Network
https://licensemanager.rulex.cloud/license must always be accessible.
Additional tools
Microsoft C++ Redistributable, which can be downloaded from here. The link is also provided during the installation process in the standard installation.

Prerequisites - Linux

Requirement Area
Details
Runtime prerequisite
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
CPU
CPU with x86_64 architecture. 4 core minimum, 8 core recommended.
RAM
4 GB (minimum), 16 GB (recommended), 32 GB (best performance) - single user application.
8 GB (minimum), 32 GB (recommended), 64 GB (best performance) - multiple users application, server-like.
Hard Disk Space
50 GB (minimum), 100 GB (recommended), 200 GB (best performance) - single user application.
100 GB (minimum), 250 GB (recommended). 1 TB (best performance) - multiple users application, server-like.
IOPS
1000 minimum, 2000 recommended.
Network
https://licensemanager.rulex.cloud/license must always be accessible.

We have also written an article about macOS version installation.

For detailed instructions on how to successfully install Rulex Platform Standalone versions, click here.

Rulex Platform Server

Rulex Platform can also be seamlessly installed on sever operating systems, including:

  • Server environments Windows (Windows Server)
  • Server environments Linux (RHEL)

Rulex Platform Server enables straightforward and highly customizable software configuration, tailored to meet diverse organizational needs.

Do you want to know if you satisfy all the prerequisites?
Keep on reading...

Prerequisites - Windows Server

Requirement Area
Details
Runtime prerequisite
Microsoft Windows 10 (64 bit) - 1909 or higher. Windows Server 2016 or higher.
CPU
CPU with x86_64 architecture. 4 core minimum, 8 core recommended.
RAM
8 GB (minimum), 32 GB (recommended), 64 GB (best performance).
Hard Disk Space
100 GB (minimum), 250 GB (recommended), 1 TB (best performance).
IOPS
1000 minimum, 2000 recommended.
Network
https://licensemanager.rulex.cloud/license must always be accessible.
Additional tools
Microsoft C++ Redistributable, which can be downloaded from here. The link is also provided during the installation process in the standard installation.

For detailed prerequisites and installation steps for Rulex Platform Server on RHEL, read our latest article: New Server Installation for Rulex Platform on RHEL!

For detailed instructions on how to successfully install Rulex Platform on Windows Server, click here.

Rulex Platform Scalable environments

In Rulex Platform Scalable environments, microservices are deployed as containers, with an orchestrator service managing deployment, scaling, and maintenance of these containerized applications in distributed environments.
This version of Rulex Platform can be deployed on scalable environments using:

  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift

Below, you'll find the prerequisites your machine needs to satisfy to deploy Rulex Platform Scalable environments.

Prerequisites - Scalable environments

Requirement Area
Minimum values (if applicable)/Notes
Orchestrator services
Kubernetes (1.25.x or higher) or OpenShift (4.12.x or higher).
Cluster
The cluster must be sized according to the established usage, the minimum required is 4 nodes, each one with 8 vCPU, 32 GB Ram.
Ingress Controller
HTTP 2 must be enabled
TLS Certificate
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DNS
The DNS must be configured to connect to the cluster.
NFS Filesystem
The system must belong to a Storage Class Read-Write Many, with 1800 IOPS and a size of 2TB.
RabbitMQ operator
RabbitMQ will be used as an internal broker.
Docker registry
This docker registry must be mirrored with Rulex Docker Registry to download base images of Rulex Platform microservices.
Helm
Helm must be installed in the same environment as the Kubernetes CLI (or OpenShift CLI in the case of an OpenShift Orchestrator).
Network Connectivity
The client must have access to the Rulex License Manager: https://licensemanager.rulex.cloud/license
For detailed instructions on how to successfully install Rulex Platform Scalable environments, click here.

Enjoy the same interface everywhere!

As we have discovered in this short article, Rulex Platform offers a rich variety of installation options, ensuring seamless adaptability to fit your needs, whether on local operating systems, as well as on server and scalable environments.

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