Verifying System Requirements

Before you begin deployment procedure, verify that your system meets the hardware and software requirements that are specified for this release.

The IBM Connect:Direct® for UNIX container has been verified on Red Hat Linux and requires the following minimum hardware resources.

Hardware Requirements

  • 1 GB Disk space
  • 500m core
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 100 MB for volume storage on Storage Volume

Software Requirements

  • Install Docker version >= v1.13.1
  • NFS version used for storage >= 4.0 (for optional Storage Volume)
  • Ensure that the docker image for IBM Connect:Direct for UNIX is available in docker registry.
    Note: Storage volume types, NFS server and Host have been referred to as Storage Volume in the following sections.