Zephyr Server Requirements
Zephyr Enterprise must run in an isolated instance where there is no Jira running or any other Tomcat.
- Zephyr Enterprise should only be installed on its own server. If you are running a Jira instance, it should be installed on a different server.
- We recommend you to have Zephyr Enterprise installed on a separate instance from where you have your Jira/Tomcat installed.
Zephyr Enterprise Server (for Windows On-Premise installations only)
OS | Windows Server 2008 / 2012 / 2016 / 2019 |
CPU | Quad-core CPU Intel Pentium or AMD Opteron (2 Ghz or higher) |
RAM | Minimum 8 GB; Preferred 12 GB |
Disk Space | At least 5 GB free (250 GB-1 TB recommended for large enterprise installations) |
Networking | Wired Ethernet |
Account | Administrator access to the machine |
Software | Java: OpenJDK 8 (recommended) or Oracle JDK 8
Note: No other Tomcat or MySQL can be installed on the machine.†† |
| Database | MySQL8.0 series |
Zephyr Enterprise Server (for Linux On-Premise installations only)
OS | Red Hat Enterprise 64-bit (the latest supported version is RHEL 8) |
CPU | Quad-core CPU Intel Pentium or AMD Opteron (2 GHz or higher) |
RAM | Minimum 8 GB; Preferred 12 GB |
Disk Space | At least 5 GB free (250 GB-1 TB recommended for large enterprise installations) |
Networking | Wired Ethernet |
Account | Installer and services will be installed as the current user |
Software | Java: OpenJDK 8 (recommended) or Oracle JDK 8.
MySQL Connector - JDBC 8.0.32 for v8.0.x Note: NO other Tomcat or MySQL can be installed on the machine.†† |
| Database | MySQL 8.0 series |
Zephyr Client
OS | Any Desktop OS |
Browser | Any one of these versions that support WebSockets:
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Networking | Client machine must have access to port 80 for HTTP connection (or 443 for HTTPS) to the Zephyr Server |
| Other | Screen resolution of 1280x1024 (1280x900 for widescreen) or higher |
ZBots
OS | Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, or 2019 |
CPU | Dual-core CPU Intel Pentium or AMD Opteron (2 GHz or higher) |
RAM | Minimum 1 GB |
Disk Space | At least 100 MB free |
Networking | Wired Ethernet |
Account | Administrator access to the machine |
Software | OpenJDK 8 or Oracle JDK 8. JRE is not supported |
Database Requirements
| Evaluation Environment | Production Environment |
|---|---|
| The Zephyr Enterprise installer provides an option for using Embedded MySQL for the database. This should only be used for evaluation purposes and not for production instances. | We recommend you always use an external database for improved performance and easy maintenance when setting up your production instance/server. This provides you with proper system performance for your Zephyr instance. |
Additional Notes
All port numbers mentioned are by default and can be configured to fit your specific environment setup. If any firewalls or proxies are present, it is required that they support the WebSocket protocol.
Ports explained:
- 80, 443(for root user) and 1024, 8443 (for non-root user) 8005 and 8009 are used by tomcat and can be configured in the server.xml file under zephyr\tomcat\conf\
- 3306 is used by MySQL in Linux and configured in the my.cnf
- 9200 is used by Elasticsearch
- 5701, 5702, 37000, 37001 are used by Hazelcast
Software versions explained:
- Elasticsearch is required to install Zephyr Enterprise Server. The supported Elasticsearch version is 8.6.2
- The MySQL software has to be the major/minor (8.0.x) version.
- No other MySQL should be present on the server instance.
- Oracle JDK must be JDK 8u101 or higher. JRE is not supported.
- Zephyr Enterprise Server for Windows includes MySQL in the installation package on top of allowing remote MySQL.
- Zephyr Enterprise Server for Linux requires a separate installation of MySQL not included in the installation package on top of allowing remote MySQL.