This section identifies licensing requirements and operating system requirements.
It also lists additional requirements that apply if you intend to install
the Management Console on UNIX or Linux systems.
Licensing Requirements
The Build Forge system uses
a FLEXlm license server to govern runtime usage. You can use floating licenses
or node-locked licenses. The supported license servers are:
- Rational License Server - version 7.0 or above. This is a FLEXlm server
that is distributed and supported by IBM Rational. Use this license server
if you do not already have a FLEXlm license server.
- FLEXlm License Server - Build Forge should work with any FLEXlm server
on any platform if it is still under active support by Macrovision.
Operating System Requirements
Resource Requirements:
the Management Console typically requires 2GB of disk space for its files
and 1GB RAM (minimum) to operate, 2G RAM if using Quick Report.
The
Management Console runs on the following operating systems and hardware
platforms.
Windows Systems
- Windows Server 2003 SP1: 32-bit Intel
- Windows XP Pro: 32-bit Intel
UNIX and Linux Systems
- AIX 5.3+: System p, Power5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x: 32-bit Intel
- Solaris 8, 9, 10: 64-bit SPARC, 32-bit SPARC
Note: Build Forge Management Console and Agent are compiled as 32-bit
applications. You can run them on the 32-bit Solaris OS and the 64-bit Solaris
OS.
Additional Technology Requirements
The following technologies
are required as part of a Management Console installation. What you need to
do depends on the platform you use to run the Management Console.
- Windows platforms: the technologies are installed automatically when you
install Management Console.
- UNIX or Linux platforms: the technologies need to be installed before
installing Management Console. You are given instructions for downloading
them and compiling them from source.
Specific PHP and Perl database driver requirements are shown in Database
Requirements, below.
- Apache 2 - Get from http://www.apache.org/
- PHP 5.2.1 - Get from http://php.net/ (PHP 5.1.2 is
installed with the Windows installation of Build Forge). Database driver requirements
are shown in Database Requirements, below.
- Perl 5.8 - Get from http://www.cpan.org/. Database driver requirements
are shown in Database Requirements, below.
- Tomcat 5.5.9 - Get from http://tomcat.apache.org/
- JDBC drivers - Database driver requirements are described in Database
Requirements, below.