Installation Prerequisites

MWARE ESB contains multiple runtimes. Before installing the runtimes, be sure that the appropriate prerequisites are fulfilled.

Environment compatibility

Listed below are the OS and database requirements.

Operating systems\ Databases

  • Install a JDK version that is compatible with this product version.

  • All MWARE Carbon-based products are generally compatible with most common DBMSs. The embedded H2 database is suitable for development, testing, and some production environments. For most enterprise production environments. However, MWARE recommends that you use an industry-standard RDBMS such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, etc. For more information, see Working with Databases. Additionally, MWARE does not recommend the H2 database as a user store.

  • It is not recommended to use Apache DS in a production environment due to scalability issues. Instead, use an LDAP like OpenLDAP for user management.

  • On a production deployment, it is recommended that MWARE products are installed on the latest releases of RedHat Enterprise Linux or Ubuntu Server LTS.

  • For environments that MWARE products are tested with, see Compatibility of MWARE Products.

  • If you have difficulty in setting up any MWARE product in a specific platform or database, please contact us.

System requirements

Check the following system requirements for the API-M and Micro Integrator runtimes.

API-M runtime

Type Requirement

Physical
  • 3 GHz Dual-core Xeon/Opteron (or latest)
  • 4 GB RAM (2 GB for JVM and 2 GB for the operating system)
  • 10 GB free disk space
  • ~ Recommended minimum - 2 Cores. For high concurrences and better performances - 4 Cores.

    Disk space is based on the expected storage requirements that are calculated by considering the file uploads and the backup policies. For example, if three MWARE product instances are running in a single machine, it requires a 4 GHz CPU, 8 GB RAM (2 GB for the operating system and 6 GB (2 GB for each MWARE product instance)) and 30 GB of free space.

Virtual Machine (VM)
  • 2 compute units minimum (each unit having 1.0-1.2 GHz Opteron/Xeon processor)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 10 GB free disk space
  • One CPU unit for the operating system and one for JVM.

Three MWARE product instances running would require VM of 4 compute units, 8 GB RAM, and 30 GB free space.

~ 512 MB heap size. This is generally sufficient to process typical SOAP messages but the requirements vary with larger message sizes and the number of messages processed concurrently.

EC2

  • 1 c5.large instance to run one MWARE product instance.

Three MWARE product instances can be run in 1 EC2 Extra-Large instance. Based on the I/O performance of the c5.large instance, it is recommended to run multiple instances in a larger instance (c5.xlarge).

Micro Integrator runtime

Type Requirement
Docker
  • ~512 MB heap size for one Micro Integrator instance. This is generally sufficient for processing typical SOAP messages. However, the requirements vary with larger message sizes and the number of messages processed concurrently.
  • 1 GB memory for a Docker container.
  • Minimum 0.5 core per Micro Integrator Docker instance.
Virtual Machine (VM)/Physical
  • Minimum 0.5 core (1.0-1.2 GHz Opteron/Xeon processor).
  • 1 GB RAM for JVM.
  • ~512 MB heap size. This is generally sufficient for processing typical SOAP messages. However, the requirements vary with larger message sizes and the number of messages processed concurrently.

Streaming Integrator runtime

Type Requirement
Virtual Machine (VM)/
Physical/
Docker
  • You require a minimum of one CPU with 2 cores. It is recommended to have a CPU with 4 cores.
  • ~ 4 GB minimum memory is recommended and ~ 2 GB heap size.
  • ~ 1 GB minimum disk (excluding space allocated for log files and databases.)

Database storage requirements

Check the following database storage requirements for the API-M runtime.

API-M runtime

DB Type Minimum storage required for databases
AM Database Shared Database
MySQL 1 GB 1 GB
Oracle 1 GB 1 GB
MSSQL 1 GB 1 GB
Oracle RAC 1 GB 1 GB
PostgreSQL 1 GB 1 GB
IBM DB2 1 GB 1 GB
MariaDB 1 GB 1 GB

Required applications

The following applications are required for running MWARE ESB and its samples.

Application Purpose Version Download Links

Apache Ant

  • To compile and run the product samples in <API-M_HOME>/samples.

1.7.0 or later

Apache Ant

Web Browser
  • The Web browser must be JavaScript enabled to take full advantage of user interfaces.

Note

On Windows Server 2003, you must not go below the medium security level in Internet Explorer 6.x.

Top