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Before launching the installation of the DualShield Platform, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

ComponentDescription
Hardware

For a user base of 10,000 users or less, the minimum hardware requirements are:

  • CPU: 4 Core
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • DISK: 10 GB at installation. (grows by 1KB per request)
OS

DualShield Server can be installed and operating on both Windows and Linux servers.

Windows

  • Windows 2012/R2
  • Windows 2016
  • Windows 2019
  • Windows 2022

Linux

  • CentOS
  • RedHat
  • Fedora
  • Ubuntu

Only 64bits is supported.

Database

DualShield Server uses a SQL database as its data store, and it includes MySQL database sever in its installation package.

It is also possible to use an external SQL Server as the data store for DualShield. At the installation, you can opt out to use an external SQL server.

Following external SQL servers are officially supported:

  • MySQL
  • Microsoft SQL
  • Oracle SQL
  • IBM DB2

If you opt out to use your own SQL server, then you will need the following:

  • An account name by which your DualShield server will connect to your SQL server. 
  • The account must be able to create databases and tables on the SQL server.
  • The account password.

It is possible to use other SQL servers not listed above such as PostgreSQL, although they are not officially supported.