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On-premises deployment new runtime architecture

Version 31.1 by eMagiz on 2022/11/28 14:12

In this microlearning, we will focus on how the installation requirements for on-premises deployments of eMagiz runtimes that are part of the new runtime architecture. The new runtime architecture uses a containerized approach to deploy runtimes.

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1. Prerequisites

  • Advanced knowledge of the eMagiz platform
  • Good understanding of eMagiz runtimes in general

2. Key concepts

In the new runtime architecture of eMagiz, Docker technology is used to deploy runtimes. eMagiz creates specific runtime images that contain the eMagiz runtime, and can be deployed in dockerized environments.
 
In the below section the specific operating systems and versions are discussed in a sense that the prerequisite installations are described. Once the right installation is done, refer to section 3.7 for the installation of the eMagiz agent that manages the interaction with the eMagiz platform. That agent will download the created docker images that will be deployed in the Docker environment.
  

3. On-premises deployments

3.1 General requirements

  
These are the general requirements to allow the installation of the eMagiz Docker agent:

  • Ensure access to the following URLs is enabled
    • registry.emagiz.com
    • testing.emagiz.com
    • Preferably the entry should be *.emagiz.com

  

3.2 Installation requirements Linux

  • Whenever Linux is selected as operating system, the latest version of Ubuntu will work
  • Install latest version of the Docker engine - see for instance https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
  • Go to the next section around installing the eMagiz agent

3.3 Installation requirements Windows Server 2022

These are the requirements to allow the installation of the eMagiz Docker agent:

3.4 Installation requirements Windows Server 2019 version >1806

These are the requirements to allow the installation of the eMagiz Docker agent:

3.5 Installation requirements Windows Server 2019 version 1806

These are the requirements to allow the installation of the eMagiz Docker agent:

  • Enable Hyper-V in Windows Server
    • Go to Server Manager, Manage (top right), enable roles and features, select the desired roles and server selections. In the Features section, enable Hyper-V. 
    • Restart windows
  • Cross check is WSL 2.0 is installed
    • Use this command to get WSL 2.0: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
  • Install Docker Desktop on the Windows Server
  • Update Docker Desktop configuration
  • Open Powershell as Administrator
  • Ubuntu should now be a runnable program (press windows key, type ubuntu)
  • Open the ubuntu terminal, and finish the installation.
  • Go to the next section around installing the eMagiz Docker agent
      

3.6 Installation requirements Windows Server 2012 R2

  
These are the requirements to allow the installation of the eMagiz Docker agent:

  • Install & enable Hyper-V in Windows Server
    • Go to Server Manager, Manage (top right), enable roles and features, select the desired roles and server selections. In the Features section, enable Hyper-V. 
    • Restart windows
  • Download a ubuntu server 18.04 (https://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.6-live-server-amd64.iso )
  • Create a VM in HyperV.
    • For this, choose Generation 1, the amount of memory you want to assign to ubuntu and thus to the containers. Please consider the overhead for memory as well (such as OS).
    • Configure a virtual switch. 
    • Add a virtual Hard Disk with proper sizing (e.g. 30 GB)
    • Install an operating system from bootable CD/DVD, ISO file
  • Install ubuntu downloaded previously on the VM
  • Install docker as per official ubuntu documentation (See https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository) on the VM
  • Go to the next section around installing the eMagiz agent
      

3.7 eMagiz Docker agent installation

  
eMagiz needs to install a specific agent in the Docker instance that allows to download runtime images that needs to be installed on the Docker instance. The specific command to run inside the Docker instance is specific for the machine that is configured inside eMagiz Design & Deploy Architectures. It can be found inside the eMagiz iPaaS portal when the machine is used for the first time deployment of eMagiz runtimes. A popup will appear that displays the commands per type of OS. Once that agent is installed, the image that is generated for every eMagiz release can be downloaded and installed in the Docker instance.

After installing the agent, you can use the Docker cheat sheet below to see if the docker containers are running and/or images are available.

4. Assignment

Check out the cheatcheet for Docker command line:
 
docker-cheatsheet.png

5. Key takeaways

  • eMagiz uses runtime images to deploy emagiz runtime on dockerized environments. The runtime image holds all the information and components required to run the runtime
  • eMagiz has a specific agent that manages the download of that image to the on-premises server
  • The firewall of the on-premises environment should allow outgoing traffic without any restriction. In case that is not desirable, eMagiz can provide the addresses and ports needed to setup the right firewall rules. 

6. Suggested Additional Readings

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7. Silent demonstration video

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