Skip to content

System requirements

octoplant hub and server

We recommend that you do not install the octoplant hub on a PC on which an octoplant server is already running. If you have done this, each time you re-install or update the octoplant server you will need to manually end the Postgres service octoplant hub PostgreSQL 1.

The following mandatory requirements must be met to operate the octoplant hub:

  • PostgreSQL 14 is part of the octoplant hub installation by default. Therefore, there can be no other instance of PostgreSQL 14 installed on the same computer on which the hub will be installed.
  • If you are updating octoplant hub to 3.0, you must first uninstall it and then install the latest version.
  • Port 64026 must be available for PostgreSQL, otherwise octoplant hub will not be able to work.
  • Current multi-core CPU
  • At least 16 GB RAM
  • Any currently-supported Microsoft Windows operating system, including Windows Server
  • At least 10 GB free disk space
  • The octoplant servers, whose data is to be imported into the octoplant hub, must be accessible using the network for the computer on on which the octoplant hub is running.
  • Supported browsers (latest stable version)
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Apple Safari
    • Opera
  • Access to an SMTP server for the computer on which the octoplant hub hub is running. Access to an SMTP server is mandatory in order to initially set and reset passwords for local users. This is the only way to send important error messages (e.g. about failed imports) by email to the administrator.

Further optional requirements that are recommended:

  • Access to an LDAP server to import and authenticate users from LDAP
  • Internet access to use all features, in particular:
    • eAcademy
    • Automatic upload of user information
    • Online help

Info

The requirements listed here refer to medium-sized installations with approx. 1 million data records in the job results log (total from all imported octoplant servers). Larger installations may require more RAM, storage space and/or a more powerful CPU.