Prerequisites

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IBM® Engineering AI Hub requires a supported Engineering Lifecycle Management environment, licensing, container access, and connectivity to LLM provider to operate effectively.

Note: Version requirements for IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) applications and other supported applications vary by product and agent. Use the IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) to verify the supported versions for your specific ELM components and Engineering AI Hub agents. For more information, see Detailed system requirements for IBM Engineering AI Hub.

Required components

Ensure that the following components are available before deployment:

A supported IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management deployment, including the Jazz Authorization Server (JAS).
Access to the IBM Container Registry (cp.icr.io/cp) and a registration key to download the IBM Engineering AI Hub operator.
An IBM Common Licensing License Key Server with valid licenses installed.
Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform project into which IBM Engineering AI Hub is installed and configured.
Access to the supported LLM providers. For more information, see Recommended large language models for Engineering AI Hub.
Required configurations in Engineering Lifecycle Management applications.
A PostgreSQL database instance.

Database requirements

A PostgreSQL database must be available before deployment. Collect the following configuration parameters:


    dbName: 
    dbUserName:
    dbPassword: 
    dbHost: 
    dbPort: 
    dbMinPoolSize: 
    dbMaxPoolSize: 
    sslmode: 
    sslCertSecret:

If not specified:
- dbMinPoolSize defaults to 1
- dbMaxPoolSize defaults to 5

For setup instructions, see the PostgreSQL download and installation guide. For configuration details, see Configuring the instance.