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On-premise Install Guide

Version 62.1 by eMagiz on 2023/02/07 12:26

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:8443
    • controlplane.emagiz.com:8000
    • 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. Other Linux distributions will also work such as Debian or Red Hat. 
  • Follow all steps in section 3.4
  • Install the eMagiz Deploy agent

3.3 Installation requirements Windows Server 2022

Information

Please note that this section also applies to Windows Server 2019 version >1806

The steps below will install a linux subsystem under Windows. In that Linux system, Docker and Java will be installed. Please note that the Windows server needs to be able to run Virtualized (either via BIOS setting or via Nested Virtualization).

Step 1: Install linux distribution

  wsl --install -d Ubuntu
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt install --no-install-recommends apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg2
  . /etc/os-release

Step 2: Configure linux system
Please see section 3.4 for these these steps
 
Step 3: Update wsl config file 
In this step we need to add or update the WSL config file that manages the resources of the Linux subsystem. Important resources to manage are the assigned memory and number of processors. For memory we recommend to review the mempory settings for the runtime that need to run on this server and add 762 MB to the total value of the heap and non-heap of these runtimes. For processor we recommend to set the value to 2 - depending on the amount of processors available on that machine

First, locate the config file or add it to the location %USERPROFILE%. The name should be .wslconfig (no extension)

  #Add following lines

  # Settings apply across all Linux distros running on WSL 2
  [wsl2]
  # Limits VM memory to use no more than 4 GB, this can be set as whole numbers using GB or MB
  memory=16GB  
  # Sets the VM to use two virtual processors
  processors=2

  
Step 4: Auto start the linux subsystem when Windows server restarts 
  

3.4 Installation steps to configure Linux subsystem

  
Step 1: Install Docker 

  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/${ID}/gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/docker.asc
  echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/${ID} ${VERSION_CODENAME} stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
Information

 Requires 335 Mb space to install

Step 2: Install Java 

  wget -O - https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/api/gpg/key/public | sudo apt-key add -
  echo "deb https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb $(awk -F= '/^VERSION_CODENAME/{print$2}' /etc/os-release) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adoptium.list
  sudo apt update # update if you haven't already
  sudo apt install temurin-8-jdk
Information

 Requires 335 Mb space to install

Step 3: Ensure Docker is autostarted with WSL 

nano .bashrc

  #Add following lines to bashrc
DOCKER_DISTRO="Ubuntu"
DOCKER_LOG_DIR=$HOME/docker_logs
mkdir -pm o=,ug=rwx "$DOCKER_LOG_DIR"
/mnt/c/Windows/System32/wsl.exe -d $DOCKER_DISTRO sh -c "nohup sudo -b dockerd < /dev/null > $DOCKER_LOG_DIR/dockerd.log 2>&1"

Step 4: Add user to Docker group 

sudo visudo

  #Add following lines

  # Don't ask for password
  %docker ALL=(ALL)  NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dockerd

    

3.5 Installation requirements Windows Server 2019 version 1806

Warning

Please note that this section is under construction. Please contact us at productmanagement@emagiz.com

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

Warning

Please note that this section is under construction. Please contact us at productmanagement@emagiz.com

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 under Deploy Architecture. At the runtime connector, there is a right click option called Deploy Agent. That presents either the command or the location where that agent is installed.

expert-solution-architecture-onpremises-installguide-deployagent.png

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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